Many would argue these natural hair dolls provide a much-needed dose of diversity to an often
homogenous doll selection -- an issue recently described in a Collectors Weekly article.
“I’m emphatic about a black child having a doll that reflects who she is. When a young child is playing with a doll, she is mimicking being a mother, and in her young, impressionable years, I want that child to understand that there’s nothing wrong with being black," Debbie Behan Garrett, the author of
Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion, told Collector's Weekly.
And while mainstream toy companies are producing more black dolls, the representation of natural hairstyles remains limited. Indeed, toy company Mattel's Barbie brand generated controversy in 2009 when it launched a line of
black Barbie dolls with straight hair. Even today, Barbie's black dolls still typically sport sleek, straight hair or stylized 'dos, such as those seen on
Ballgown Barbie or
Air Force Barbie.
Given this limited mainstream selection, smaller toy companies have found their niche marketing more diverse alternatives.
The Pattycake Doll Company, for example, seeks to provide dolls generally not found at other stores, including black baby dolls with natural hairstyles, Hispanic dolls, Asian dolls, biracial dolls, and dolls for boys.
For the more DIY-happy among us, blogger and Barbie enthusiast Kristl Smith Tyler has created an easy
tutorial for giving straight-haired dolls a natural hair makeover. All it takes is some hot water and pipe cleaners.
) and wished we had their features. 
this lady, she bout to be caking 
http://abagond.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/the-clark-doll-experiment/ .....and going change some young mindsets .... 
... ... she better start exporting to Africa and Afro - Latin America too
