Women Teachers her Niece to be RACIST?! 

Being a black woman I see nothing wrong and I thought it was sweet she got her a doll in different races and again I see nothing wrong

As a black woman, all I heard was that a little girl picked a doll she thought was pretty. When my daughter was little, she had dolls of different colors. She picked the ones she liked.

Story #4) As a woman of color it always warms my heart when I see my friends’ kids (who are white) playing with dolls that aren’t white. OP is the good apple in this situation.

Woman of color here! I think we've put too much emphasis on race and culture, and it's dividing us. It's wonderful that we all look different and have different backgrounds and traditions. But if we keep them to ourselves, to me, we're just segregating ourselves. We're causing friction when we could be celebrating our differences. I honestly don't understand the rational behind that woman's thinking. The little girl probably didn't even notice that the Barbie was black, she probably thought she was pretty and wanted to play with her. That should be celebrated and encouraged!

Story #1 - That is the most insensitive sister in history, who basically devalued OP's legitimacy as a parent.

When a child chooses a doll they are choosing a friend. I would argue that to not allow a child to have a doll that reflects a different ethnicity than their own is to teach racism snd to let them choose dolls that reflect a different ethnicity is to encourage a love for all races.

Story 1: Ignoring the homophobia and adoption bias, in my opinion you can't have a destination wedding and expect everyone to attend. Even if OP's excuse was that she didn't want to take the time off work I'd still be on her side. Traveling that far takes time and money, and some people just aren't comfortable traveling, or comfortable with language barriers. Not that I have anything against destination weddings, just be aware that less people can make it.

That doll story made me sad. I was a child in the late 80's and whenever I was allowed to pick a barbie always wanted a darker skinned one...... I was NOT allowed a black doll. I was eventually given a Hawaiian barbie that had lovely brown skin, and long black hair and was my FAVORITE. As a mom I made amends to that young girl I was by buying my BOYS a dark baby girl, and a lighter boy dolls!

Story 1- good apple. Story 2- good apple story 3- good apple. Story 4- good apple.( this last story hits home for me. I work at fao schwarz in the section where you can adopt realistic baby dolls and i have seen parents trying to encourage kids to get dolls that look like them when they want one a different race. It pisses me off. This aunt did the right thing. No question). a great apple pie

I find it so funny how EVERY SINGLE WEEK Rebecca has to remind full grown adults to comment respectfully and there are STILL full grown men and woman whining because people don’t share the same opinion

The part that got me about the first story was the sister saying 'Well it's not like this is your biological kid!' WOW! That is cruel!

Story 4 is a good example of what happens when u don't mind ur own business

Fellow white lady here. When i was 6, I was gifted a handmade doll from the collection of family friend because she saw that i loved her soooo much! That doll was black. I named her Elfabet after a woman i knew from Ethiopia. I definitely got a lot of looks (mostly from white people) but that was MY doll and i loved her. She now belongs to my daughter. When i was little, it never occurred to me that it was weird and it wasn't until adults made a big deal that i even thought about it. That Aunt was a Good Apple!

Ughhhhhh one of my biggest pet peeves is when people act like they know more than you about something that you are educated about.

All of these are so easy For the fourth one it is definitely good apple. I am a colored girl and I see nothing wrong with Lilly taking that doll it’s not like OP said “ you can’t take that doll it’s colored” no one cared until that lady came up to them so definitely good apple.

I'm not a person of darker color but I do study fifteenth races and ethnicities. It's always been funny how the people who label things as cultural appropriation have never met with our talked to people of these cultures. Like how people will say this is somebody who isn't Asian wears an Asian garment some people call that cultural appropriation but if you talk with Japanese or Chinese or Thai or Korean or Indian people, they really don't care and actually are glad when people are trying to show how much they respect their culture. It's only when people are doing it for the wrong reasons that anybody should get upset.

Story 4 is there nothing wrong give child a doll is different in fact helps children learn about People of Color through play

🍎 #3- So if the plans aren’t up to your standards… you weren’t important enough to her to participate in a party that’s solely celebrating you!!…. But oh if the plans are up to my standards then yea I wanna celebrate you…. YA, NO THANKS!!!! SEE YA LATER MARY!!!!! Brother needs a reality check!!!

For the doll story: From an economic standpoint, buying dolls that represent diversity is great! You know, supply and demand. The more dolls, toys, games, etc. that include diversity are sold, the more that get made-- and the diversity can increase! One example in the American Girl Company. I collected all the characters when I was a kid, read all the books, learned, and expanded my knowledge and caring from there. They're expensive, but the more people buy, the more the company can expand. The company used to have 4 or 5 white characters before they added a black one, and now they also have Hispanic, indigenous, and more. You can even create a custom doll with your choice of skin tone, hair texture, and so on, and can include special needs accessories. Yeah, I say this as a white person, but I still think just voting with your wallet is a great way to make a point. My kids get toys of all types based on what *they* want to play with. If my daughter wants diverse dolls, great! She sees diversity in her real-life classroom, and if her dolls had an all-white classroom when she played school, wouldn't that be a problem? I didn't catch what race the rude lady in the story was, but I can just imagine her being white, and having white savior complex. I'd like to hear it from other people, but I predict that if any non-white person saw a white kid choosing a toy that was diverse, inclusive, etc., they'd be happy or just not care. If the toy included stereotypes or bad representation, that would be taken up with the manufacturer, or course. Maybe let the other person know that it's not a good representation?

Story #3 made me cry! I'm mixed, white and Mexican but I grew up with my Mexican family moreso than the white side. I remember always wanting dolls that looked like my family or a black doll to look like my best friend! I also want to put out there that I work retail and one day I was walking through the toy aisle and heard this little girl actually squeel and say "Mommy, they have a doll that looks like my cousin!!!!" while pointing at a very dark skinned doll. You never know why a child might want a certain doll, just let them be kids! Plus, supply and demand is a thing, if these companies see demand for dolls of a certain skin color or disability, THEY'RE GOING TO PRODUCE MORE 🤷🏻‍♀️

#1 could very easily be the wedding sister trying to force her relatives into choosing between her and her sister. I know people who do this. They'll intentionally schedule their milestone to coincide with someone else's to "prove" who is the favorite. So sis is supposed to "choose" her over wife and child. The bride's parents are supposed to "choose" her over meeting their grandchild, etc. #4 - the woman was being a busy body. She had no idea if that was a doll for a sibling or a friend, or even if the niece came from a family with children of different races. It wouldn't matter in any case. And the second she touched the doll that child was holding, it became assault. The manager never should have punished the child for violence someone else directed at her, and screaming at / snatching from *is* violence to a child.

Story #4...I'm a white male so I'm not commenting on the doll (though I did come to the comments to find out what was said by people who aren't white. But my understanding of the story, the other adult grabbing the doll out of the child's hand... she's not just the bad apple in the scenario, she's a rotten apple. You don't go grabbing things out of the hands of children who you don't know or who don't know you...even if the consensus was that it was wrong for the white girl to play with a black doll... You don't put your hands near an unfamiliar child.

I 100% agree with you. Dolls that have disabilities and different races are so important for all kids to see and play with. Boys and girls. Some children dont naturally encounter people with those features in real life very often and seeing dolls with them is a great opportunity to discuss these more sensitive topics in an age approppiate way in private so that the child doesnt embarrass someone in public by asking questions like "why is he so dark?" Or "why is she sitting down and not walking?"

I love how Rebecca was like I'm being mean sorry it's so cute ❤😊

One of my favorite Christmas memories was when my mom got me a back babydoll for Christmas. There is nothing wrong with a little girl having dolls of different ethnicity.

When I was a little blonde white girl, I picked out a black Barbie, and I remember the cashier going on and on about it. "Did YOU pick that out? Is that REALLY the one you want? Don't you want one that looks like you? Are you SURE you don't want something else?" It was really weird. I just remember wanting her because I thought she was beautiful and that her bright orange dress looked so pretty on her and how I wanted to take her home and try on some of the other dresses I have on her because I thought she would look really pretty in them too, and how I had dozens of blonde Barbies at home and never thought of them as looking like me, they just looked like dolls. The whole thing was so confusing to me.

We need an AITBA update video. If there are any opinions (Top 4 ) that changed for you based on comments, further clarification, or any other factors.

#1: Really?! Who the hell tried to gaslight this poor woman into thinking she was in the wrong for wanting to be with HER WIFE while she GIVES BIRTH?! Good Apple all the freaking way. #2: It's your field of study! What the heck? More gaslighting?! Good Apple #3: She's a snob and didn't really make any effort to be nice to OP. I don't blame anyone for wanting to exclude her, but also, she has already bowed out. Sucks to be her, imo. Good Apple. #4: As a white woman, I don't see anything wrong with what OP did. Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed super sweet to me. Good Apple unless someone changes my mind?

Story #2- good Apple When I worked at Walt Disney World as a cast member at Magic Kingdom, one of my friends came to visit with her family. They weren’t really there to see me, but she asked if I was available to meet up and I was. So I went to Mk with them. It was her, her 2 siblings, her parents, and her husband. I never really liked her husband. I found him to generally be a pessimist and also a “know-it-all” when he definitely didn’t “know it all”. It was very annoying. Well he spent almost the whole day complaining about how Disneyland was better or how tired he was and stuff like that. Then we got into Frontierland, the land where I worked and knew everything about, and he proceeded to tell false facts and say stuff about the land and the ride I worked that were not true at all. I politely corrected him, and then he shut me down saying something along the lines of how I didn’t know what I was talking about. I hate confrontation, so I didn’t say anything after that and actually left the group for a bit. It still angers me to this day that he tried to belittle me. 🙄

She picked a different doll then her - she was already on the right track to being NON - raciest,the wack job was trying to repent for her own shortcomings!!

It's a doll, that other lady needs to chill😂.

I am mixed and I see no problem with her, getting your doll with a different race

Definitely all good apples for this one, I'm so shocked that people actually correct you on so many things that they know nothing about, trying to act like they know more then you on certain topics, I've had similar things happen before. Also for the fourth story I am also white, but had all kinds of different dolls growing up including an African-American doll who was a horse riding Barbie, I loved her hair it was about shoulderlength and really curly and this beautiful brown and she had beautiful warm brown skin and so did her horse was like chestnut brown with a darker curly mean and I thought they were both so pretty I loved the jewellery that they had, I think it's really important to encourage young children to play with different dolls of different ethnicities because it teaches them about culture and it teaches them about the world and that not everybody in the world is going to look like you I always get very frustrated when I see that people like the lady in the store think that you're being racist for choosing a dull different from your own culture, it only has seems to happen with white people though, for years people will us white woman or men racist because we talk about different cultures or we acknowledge things like oh you're black or oh your brown or you know using colour like that and it's not okay for us to call someone out for their colour but you can be racist towards white people and call us mean names and it's somehow okay, I really don't like that and I feel like there's a lot of people out there who want the culture gap to remain and then there are other people who actually want to make a difference and blend cultures together and it's always the people who claim to be feminists and claim to be inclusive that actually become racist by saying white little girls can't play with black dolls or Hispanic doll dolls, but then if a little black girl wants to play with a white doll it's somehow different, it's all about segregation and it seems like a lot of the new feminist movement is based around keeping us while claiming that we're bringing people together by acknowledging peoples skin colour, I could be wrong but it just really feels like that these days and I apologise if I said something wrong in this comment but it just really bothers me that these days it's all about the illusion of bringing us together by dividing us, saying little girls can't play with dolls of a different skin colour to them or saying that you can't acknowledge the skin colour of your friends I think that it's important to teach little girls and boys oh your friend might be this ethnicity that doesn't make them any less important to you it doesn't make them any less beautiful or any less special it just means that they have a different skin colour and a different culture and I think it's important to learn about different cultures I think it's important to encourage young kids to interact with other cultures like going to town markets and trying different foods from different ethnicities and you know learning about different cultures because that is actually what will make you less racist because you will be taking in those cultures and expanding your mind and your worldview on how different people live I think it does more good than bad to learn about it and it does more bad than good to try and ignore it or say that you aren't allowed in this area it's almost like we're going back to the old days when you weren't allowed in certain spaces if you were of a certain colour and I think that this is where the new movement is coming from it's literally trying to say oh your black you can't play with a white doll or your white you can't play with a black doll or oh your friend is Latina well I don't want you to be friends with her because you're white and she's not, it's things like that that will divide us not bring us together and itmakes people more racist to say those things or to act that way to say you can play with this child or you can play with this stole no matter what it looks like or what you look like, so absolutely good Apple on the Auntie for understanding that and acknowledging that it didn't matter what the doll looked like or her niece looked like it only mattered that her niece loved the doll.

Story #3 - Mary is entitled and sounds like she only wants to be a "fair weather friend." Ultimately, OP is the one having a wedding and doesn't have to accommodate Mary at all. If Mary got upset, that's not relevant.

Story one reeks of homophobia because no one would say that to a straight couple who needed invitro ot any high ridk pregnancy. " Its not your biological baby" is very much disrespecting a family snd their right to be one.

The doll story is so uncomfortable. Why would someone accuse a person of being racist for teaching a kid to not care about the doll's skin color? I'm mixed, and that just doesn't sit right with me. It has the energy of not liking mixed-race marriages. Let the kid get a doll that makes her happy. It's a mass-produced toy. It's not like she's taking away resources from people who need them more

Story 4: I always asked for black dolls as they never made brown dolls. I think people of all ethnicities are beautiful. Buy dolls of any ethnicity other than Caucasian will show toy makers that there is a market for dolls of different ethnic backgrounds. My Native American mother never saw a doll in the store thar looked like her. I am glad there there are dolls today that do.

My mother, born 1920, had a homemade black doll that she named after her best friend, Juanita.

I just KNOW that this episode is gonna be so amazing ❤

Story #2 - This reminds me a bit of how my dad could be. In my experience, sometimes dads (or maybe all parents in general) really enjoy being in "the dad role," which to them means teaching their kids about stuff when they're young and always being right. So when the kid becomes an adult and now starts talking to them about new things or a field they don't know about, it feels weird to them that they're no longer in the dad role. So they feel a need to make a little quip or comment, just to always get in the last word. It's like they're not comfortable with their kid knowing more than them and this is their way of still playing the dad role.

Story 1: Gay perspective, here. “Wild” is a great word choice for the situation, because being gay is wild. It is normal for 50% of your extended family to not recognize your worth as a citizen/human. It’s also almost impossible to open most comment sections online or attend most family or work events without hearing something disparaging… which can range from innocent misunderstandings/wordplays to outright, unfounded accusations of being a predator. When someone feels wounded like this sister, attacking our existence is an easy below-the-belt jab. Intentional or not, she’s a rotten apple for going there at all. She knows better. And you were right to see a red flag and call it a red flag.

As a black woman these kinds of stories warm my heart. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a white child wanting a black doll or wanting their hair styled like our or just wanting to learn about other cultures. I love this story!! Thanks for sharing Rebecca😊

In story 1, I’d be curious to know if the family would act that way if the other person was a man and his wife was pregnant with his stepdaughter. Story 3, the gf was absolutely only interested because the bachelorette party was more up to her status. Story 4, the niece can play with any skin color doll. It wasn’t the only black doll on the shelf. Young kids aren’t going to know what’s going on with race. Non-white kids can also play with any dolls they want to. It isn’t like it used to be and a white doll was the only choice

When I was a young White child I wanted a Black Christie doll. I played school with my Barbies and I had several black friends at school. My mother looked everywhere in our town and couldn't find the doll. One day we went to Tampa and I found a Christie doll. I also found the International dolls. My class had recently got a girl from Mexico. That day I got two Barbies. We didn't live close to Tampa, and she was afraid that we couldn't find them aha when we came back. What makes me sad now is that my black friends probably had a hard time finding a doll that looked like them.

My father is actually intrigued by what I do and generally asks me questions. He never onced downplay what I do or criticizes my work. He always find learning about my skills and knowledge interesting just like how I find his knowledge interestingly. I feel bad for everyone who has to deal with parents like OP 2's father.

Omg I’ve been waiting for this all day

1st story: no bad apples, both parties are stressed.

Coming of age women of color I think it’s awesome that the aunt did that. She is teaching her niece that all skin colors are beautiful.

In regards to national teacher appreciation day: I am a sort of weird statistical anomaly. I know about a dozen people who teach. Of those 12 people, 8 teach second grade specifically.

I’m Polish and white. My parents taught me and my sister about different cultures and races through the food we ate. I don’t even think they did it on purpose, it was just the way it was growing up. We all loved different cultures and eating their foods was one way to learn more about them. It definitely didn’t make me or any of us racist! It made us embrace different ethnicities even more! So yeah, last one is definitely a good apple in my opinion. I mean, if it was the only doll left, then maybe I’d ask the store if there was more coming in stock soon. But idk, I think it’s educational to have different types of dolls for kids. 🤷‍♀️

In your last one my step grandma is white and Grandpa is black so my aunt is of mix race. She adapted two siblings that ate blonde hair blue eye children. My cousin that is 45 years younger than me went to Walmart and was told she could have a Barbie so she grabbed a blonde one but said I can't leave her best friend behind a colored one. She went home with summer and lemonaid.

All races are beautiful and I love that dolls are getting more and more diverse.

Here in west Texas we have a Full week of teachers day! I’m taking sweets tomorrow, it’s 3 & 4th graders, 3rd graders get sweets and 4th graders get savory.

I’m a white woman and I grew up in a very white city in the UK in the 90s but I would have loved to have dolls from all different backgrounds. I love that children now have the opportunity to explore different races, cultures and disabilities through the dolls that are on the market.

I'm a white woman and a former missionary kid. While we didn't live outside the U.S., I got to meet various people and learn about different cultures & places. I really appreciate that I grew up that way and want to pass on a similar experience when I have children (without being a missionary). So, buying my kid a doll that looks different from them is definitely something I would do. I appreciate the opportunity to read people of color's perspectives on this in the comments! 😊

That lady at the store has nooo idea what the definition of a microaggression is

Imagine having no clue if a 5 year old white girl had a black parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, future wife, future husband, future child, etc. and then berating them in public. Ridiculous behavior!! Karen needs therapy! Oh no! You have a rare pack of Pokémon cards! You’re taking that opportunity away from another child who isn’t in the store yet! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! Karen should appreciate the appreciation of other races and cultures. That’s so gross! Welcoming to the world’s melting pot in 2024. Millennials, Gen Z, alpha, and following will share and embrace others… Get over it!!! Genetics are an incredible thing! For all Karen knows… Lily could have two mixed parents!!

Batchelorette party: If the brother's gf didn't want to spend time with the bride when she was going to have a low key party, she doesn't get to demand she should have been re-invited when the party became expensive and fancy. You get invited to that kind of party because you are close friends with the bride, not because you feel entitled to go to an event where money is getting spent on the people who attend. The girl is a gold-digger and a snob. The friends who pitched in may actually have waited to decide to pitch in to see who actually planned to attend, to make sure they were only shelling out that kind of money for the bride's real friends.

I am white and when i was little my grandmother who was from Denmark gave me a black doll that was hers. The dolls name is Elizabeth. I don't know when or how my grandmother came to own a black doll but i have loved that doll since i got her. She is a beautiful black baby doll and is also an antique. Recently because of my housing situation i passed her down to my younger but adult cousin so that some day she could pass her down to her daughter since i don't have kids and also because she is safer there. I am able to visit her anytime i want.

I agree. Today's submissions were all good apples. Very easy. I have no disagreements. I personally bought my mixed race Niece different race & ethnicity dolls.

In regards to the story about OP's blatantly rude gf, either he just kept conveniently out of hearing range whenever his partner (at the time, hopefully) was so blatantly disrespectful to his sister. Because if the brother was completely aware of his gf's shockingly rude behavior & STILL expects OP to invite her regardless, he must be out of his gosh darn mind to absolutely disregarding his own family's feelings.

Story 3: Mary sounds unreasonable to me. I understand why the brother wants his partner involved but it’s OP’s wedding and she can include who she chooses. Another good apple

I'm a white woman that grew up in the 80s and 90s, and I enjoyed barbies a lot as a kid, but I was a bigger fan of disney character barbies! I loved creating new stories lines with the Pocahontas dolls and I was bummed that I never found the Nakoma(?) doll to have the whole set of 4. I was super excited to get the Aladdin dolls for my birthday, and even Esmerelda was one of my top faves! Especially since her arms and legs could actually be bent and positioned. I loved growing up in the 90s because in the area I was living within St. Louis, we weren't raised to focus on people's skin color. We noticed but that wasn't the most important thing about them to be noticed. I knew that I had friends and classmates of different colors, mostly black and white, with a few asian or hispanic as well. My elementary school had a hispanic man that was one of the librarians, and when he would lead us in activities, he would utilize his accent and the way that he pronounced some english words as a way to engage with us through laughter in fun. I will never forget how he'd pronounce popsicle stick! The more we try to restrict what others do under the guise of "appropriation," the more we are causing rifts to grow and segregation to return. Share the amazing things about our many different cultures for ALL to enjoy and charish. Call out the ones that are intentionally being rude and disrespectful of culture and traditions.

I’m an AFAB of color (though I identify as a trans man), there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting a Barbie of a different race than your own! I would’ve LOVED to have POC Barbies when I was little! They were only white for the longest time. I’m also neurodivergent, so I completely understand Lily’s feelings as well. 100% Good Apple

12:04 Im with Becca on this one I’m the friend that if someone wears white to my besties wedding I’m spilling blood red wine on that other persons dress

As a brown woman I don’t see anything wrong with story number 4. I also wouldn’t mind if my mixed daughter would want to get a doll that wasn’t one of the races that she is.

Always look forward to Tuesday to see this video series

I 100% on story number four. I’m a white female with a blended family of five kids. I actively encourage and purchase as much diversity as I can in their dolls because the world is diverse and they don’t even want 364826 white, blonde, blue eyed dolls. When I listen in on their play, they have families of all ethnicities, including multiracial families, families with purple, pink, and blue hair, families tall, short, “curvy,” and physical disabilities, single parents, blended families, adoption/foster families, and whatever else their hearts desire. Three of our children are neurodivergent, as am I, and playing with dolls what how I processed the world around me, the beautifully diverse world. I will also admit my perspective my be different because I am not a poc and I can see how some may view white families buying black dolls may be viewed as one less doll a black little girl can find that looks like her, but that is so far from my intent. Also, that teacher… yeah, that one is sounding like a bad apple 🤷🏻‍♀️

First story.good apple. Pregnant women should not fly late in pregnancy.

"I am a white lady" OMG! Really?!

Breh, as a white woman, I would very very very much like my future child to have a diverse collection of dolls and toys that show different traits, races, abilities, religious clothing, etc. what you see in your dolls and what is normal to you will only help normalize differences you see out in the world. Like… what? She is trying WAY too hard, that random lady. Kiddo should 1000% get a black Barbie doll, because it shows she likes the doll anyways, and therefore doesn’t have that implicit/ internal bias against it!

I am 1/4 indigenous American, but I’m blonde and super pale. One of the first dolls I picked out myself was African American. It was at a yard sale, and the lady running it didn’t want me to have it. I distinctly remember her saying that if I bought it, someone who has the same skin as the doll would miss out on having it for themselves. I told her I was pretty good at sharing since I had siblings. She said that if I really wanted it, I could come back at the end of the sale and buy it if it was still available. I was pretty young and wouldn’t be able to walk back by myself later, and figured I wouldn’t see it again. Luckily her next door neighbor was there at the same time, and went back to buy it. This was back in the day when neighborhoods had phone directories, and called to tell my parents that she was dropping something off for me. It’s one of the few dolls I have kept. I will always encourage having diversity in children’s formative years.

My daughter is half white (me) and black (dad) so shes mixed. Well shes white... i mean blonde hair blue eyes!! So by seeing her you wouldnt think shes half black. We buy her all color dolls and barbies!! If this happened to us it would be like soneone telling her shes not black enough to have 1!! Thats just heart breaking 😢

As an asian girl, theres absolutely nothjng wong with this. When i was younger, i played with white Barbies all the time when i was yonger. The lady who snatched the barbie from the young girl is the teue racist.

Several years ago, I heard a story almost identical to number four, EXCEPT a little white girl picked out a black doll and the random woman that had a problem with it and came up to her and her mother, was trying to convince the little girl that she should get a doll “that looked like her” and trying to plant the idea in her head that there was something wrong with the black doll or that it was less beautiful than a white doll. The little girl stood her ground because she thought that the doll was perfect. I remember at the time, everyone’s reaction to the story was that it was heartwarming, and that the little girl had stood up to a racist. So it kind of blows my mind that I’m now hearing such a similar story where someone is trying to make out the little girl choosing a black doll as a bad thing. Children are innocent and don’t discriminate against anyone, unless taught to do so. Thanks to that woman saying those things to her and physically taking the doll, she probably is now confused when she wasn’t before.

Anybody who says that it was racist to buy that little girl the doll is incorrect reason being number one like the lady said There were plenty of other black dolls in the store number two does anybody remember when Black people were Treated the same for buying white things,isn’t that racist? Why would the reverse not be just as racist that was a five-year-old child who was scarred for the rest of her life And probably doesn’t even understand why, It would’ve been one thing if the girl had gotten the doll to do something awful to it like destroy it or break it in front of somebody or something horribly psychotic but no the girl just thought the door was pretty, I feel it’s shameful for anybody. To agree that this is racist.

Black woman here NOT THE BAD APPLE. SHOULD have 🥊🥊🥊 that lady out. Growing up we had dolls from every background and color. I think it's cool that your niece wanted a Black doll.

16:10 you WHAT?! How long were you gonna keep this a secret from us?! I can’t believe you’d deceive us for all these years 😔

Story #4 the aunt is 100% the good Apple!! (Coming from a poc)

Story 4 made my drop hard on the floor. I don’t understand what’s wrong with people these days. The aunt is a good apple in my opinion

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Hey Ms. Rogers! Love your videos! During this week, while I was scrolling on RU-vid shorts, I saw a story I remembered from your channel, and it was from a "Am I the Bad Apple" video earlier that week. Later, I saw the same channel post the first story of this episode WAY EARLIER than this video was posted. (Probably Friday/Saturday, not Tuesday.) I don't know if that person posted their story on multiple sub-Reddits, or if they're stealing your ideas, but there were many stories from that channel that overlapped from your channel that I do not think the situation is a coincidence, so I do want to warn you that some channels can be stealing from your sub-Reddit, but this is an assumption, and since I do not remember the channel (sorry), but I am just looking out for you. Thanks! (BTW, Your videos are a ray of sunshine in my week and make my day so much better!)

Story 4 - letting kids play with POC dolls is how you teach kids tolerance and normalize diversity

Encouraging a child to appreciate different cultures is positive; good apple.

Story 2: was wild. I deal with it with my family at times. I have a law degree from a prestigious university, have passed the bar in a few jurisdictions and now work in the heart of politics but my parents still refuse to take my view seriously (I’m 40). OP is a good apple.

This is the earliest I’ve ever been here (2 hours)

Your content and apple days are my favorite

They aren’t going to run out of barbies. If they do, they’ll order more. It’s a mass produced item.

I got a warm apple pie. All good apples. This was an amazing episode. Have a good week everyone.

100% I agree with you on all of these stories.

The last one hit home. Walked into a dollar store and went by a bin full of babies. Grabbed one at random and handed it to her bc she was asking for one. So happened to be black. She LOVES that baby. And proudly showed everyone that we passed. I love it.

When my dad asked me why my daughter had black barbies I gave him a really dirty look. I got really mad at him and i told him to "Mind his fing business." Now she has babries with wheelchairs, asain dolls, latino dolls, and even the cool dolls that has a prosthetic leg. She plays with them and loves them all the same. I just wish they had elderly dolls, i want to make them grandparents! My daughter definetly mixes the races of dolls when she makes them pregnant, and i dont say anything about it. She is happy, she has fun, and to her she doesnt love them any different. She knows they are different color of skin.

FOUR GOOD APPLES!!!!! 🎉🥳🎊

The rando in the last story is wild! If anything, it’s GOOD to see children have dolls that look different than them, because it normalizes the concept that people of all skin colors are beautiful. If White children only grow up with White dolls, it teaches them that that’s the only way (or at least the standard/default way) to be beautiful, especially in setting of functionally segregated communities that commonly exist in the US. Yes, it’s important for children of color to have dolls that look like them available (as a Black woman, I didn’t have a lot of that growing up and it certainly played a role in hurting self-esteem), but there’s not a fixed number of dolls out there. A White child buying a Black doll doesn’t take away an opportunity for a Black child to get it. If anything, it helps bc it increases demand for diverse dolls, so the company may keep making more

we NEED to have a special thing for EPISODE 100 of bad apple!

For Apple #4 as a female teenager of color this is 100% good apple. When I was little and picking out dolls sure I would want to get a mixed dolls because they looked like me but I also got white dolls and black dolls and all the other dolls of various ethnicities. I even had an LPS phase where all of my toys were pink, blue, and purple it doesn’t matter

I will start this by saying that I am a white afab individual. When I was little one of my best friends at school was a black girl. One day while we were playing with dolls at her house, I realized majority of the dolls both of us had were white. So I went home and asked my mom if we could find some black dolls. And we did. My mom bought one for both of us. I loved that doll as much as my other dolls. I held onto her for years. The only reason I don't have her anymore is because I gave her to a friend's daughter (also white) who also fell in love with her while playing at my house.

As a black woman I think it's fine for little kids to want other toned dolls it promotes open mindingness and teaches kids everyone's different my issue is with collectors that know alot of the black dolls are more rare dolls are for kids not for collections

For the fourth one: when I was a kid Bratz were HUGE and my favorite dolls were Yasmin and Sasha, and I'm a white girl. They were beautiful and had awesome clothes and were always heros in my stories 😅 I can't say much else since I am not a POC, but I did grow up thinking women (and people in general) are beautiful no matter if they look like me or not

Story 1 - I wonder what the OP's Mom thinks, being in Itally when her grand baby is being born...