Even the dolls have to be suburbanites

This from a very interesting blogger from the Bay area. She also wrote a great piece in Alternet about the indignity of our new AG. But in this post, she addresses the subtle racism of the dolls.

Sensory Overload: "American Girl" ~ Que Va?: "Man, talk about stereotyping ~ even our dolls have to flee their 'dangerous' city communities to pursue the American Dream in the 'burbs!  Check out the new Mexican 'American Girl' doll"

This has historical roots. Many minorities have extended community and kinship connections. Those that are successful are asked to choose between those connections and the allure of middle class affluence with a nuclear (sorry, nukular) family. Then whites lament the poverty in the neighborhood and pat themselves on the back for their family values.