You guys ready for some good ol' American
outrage?
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In a burst of bogus feminism and commercial ambition, Mattel Inc., the global doll-maker, has announced that in 2018 it will market a Barbie doll wearing a hijab. Barbie dolls rarely impinge on political and social issues but this one is so unsettling that it evokes a wide range of responses.
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The following quote will tell you about who the Barbie was modeled after and the general tone of the coverage:
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Mattel fashioned their hijab Barbie after a real young woman, Ibtihaj Muhammad, a New Jersey-born athlete whose Muslim parents steered her toward fencing because it would allow her to be fully covered. She joined her high-school fencing team at age 13, and became Junior Olympic Champion while at university. Among fencers she ranks No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 8 in the world. At the 2016 Olympics she won a bronze medal while becoming noticeable as the first American to compete wearing a hijab. In the midst of arguments about Muslim immigrants she became, the Guardian said, “one of the best symbols against intolerance America can ever have.”
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Is it so bad to put a Hijab option on the market? They are supposed to offer Barbie examples from every damn culture these days.
IDK if the Hijab is going away guys. Women don't want to be told to wear a Hijab...but they don't want to be told
not to either. So their just going to do whichever one pisses you off more.