Op-Ed: Toys Like Me
By: Lily Okabe
The issue of finding bi-racial and multi-ethnic toys is a struggle. Although companies have gotten better, it is still difficult to find toys that truly look similar to me and there is a long way to go. Growing up, it was even more of a struggle because there weren’t as many options. This left me wondering, why is it so hard to find dolls that are multiracial? The truth of it is that it took a while for there to be toys and dolls that are racially and ethnically diverse. Although this should have been a given, it still wasn’t, so the situation seems to be the same.
