Olivia Thompson started a company to make dolls which better represent her mixed-race daughter.
The dolls represent diverse communities and people with disabilities
She said: "We need to educate ourselves and be open and ask questions, and the black community should celebrate what we have done for this country and be proud of that."In 2017, Clare Tawell started a company The move came after her daughter Matilda, who uses a hearing aid, was unable to find any dolls on the market like her.Desriee Asomuyide, 29, from Hornchurch near London, also created Little Omo, after beingIn 2019, Mattel released a Barbie doll of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.Ms Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in 1955 prompted a mass black boycott of buses, organised by Martin Luther King Jr.
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