Tammy Blunte knows firsthand how important it is for children - and even adults - to see themselves represented in dolls. Blunte told Yahoo Life in February that she had Cabbage Patch dolls and white Barbies, “but I could never find one that looked like me.” She added, “It was pretty much difficult to find a Black doll. And if you [did] find a Black doll, it was never with an Afrocentric type of hairstyle. It was never the right skin tone. The representation was not there.”
This inspired her to start Tammy B Creations where she makes handmade crochet dolls that reflect Black and brown little boys and girls. When customers order a custom Tammy B Creations doll, there are 21 different skin tones - “I try to match as close to your skin tone as possible,” she says - and about 10 different hairstyles to choose from.
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