Yesterday I came across these Barbies wearing traje típico Maya— typical Mayan dress— being sold on the street by a Mayan woman who was dressed (as almost all Mayan women here are) just like these dolls.
This sight struck me deeply. It seems to speak to so much— race; globalization; gender; cultural identity and appropriation...
I won't even attempt the 1,000+ words. I'll just put it here.
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