One of the great underreported fashion magazines of the modern era is showing it's still quite relevant today: Ebony Magazine. Years ago, when black Americans had no representation of their likenesses on the screen or in "mainstream media" (I love that term - what do, or did, mean by mainstream?) they had the fashion section of Ebony to see themselves as beautiful as they really are. That fashion section eventually evolved (with the help of the Johnson Products Company, the creator of that now-infamous hair care product Afro Sheen, and exclusive sponsor of Soul Train) into the now famous and influential Ebony Fashion Fair, a now-fashion runway icon production which had produced a bevy of famous models (including several that were not African-American).
That said, you ask, why are you showing this image of a white, blond-haired, blue-eyed Barbie on a dollar bill? Because I found it in Ebony Magazine in a funny blog about the future of money and how we can make the otherwise dull dead presidents currency a bit more exciting. Just goes to show you there is room for Ivory in Ebony too :)
Barbie's cool in any ethnicity. Ken and the rest of the brothers better watch out!
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