American Girl's 1st Chinese American 'Girl of the Year' doll aims to fight AAPI hate Enlarge this image toggle caption Business Wire Business Wire Meet Corinne Tan. Corinne is American Girl's latest "Girl of the Year," and the first ever of Chinese descent. The Mattel-owned doll company introduced her at the start of the year, and also announced a partnership …
This essay was originally published in Salon on May 15, 2021. RELATED: Why we need diverse YA books more than ever In "Meet Addy," I saw this young girl with a face like mine pluck worms from tobacco leaves, feel the fire from the crack of a whip across her back, and cry out when her father and her brother …
Addy Walker wasn't my first Black doll, but she was my last. But the white American Girls' fights for freedom were figurative; Addy's fight was literal. I didn't get to see Addy arrive at freedom in "Meet Addy"; when the book ends, she's hidden on a wagon to be smuggled onto a ship bound for Philadelphia. Addy was dressed in …
