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LONDON (Reuters) – Toymaker Mattel (NASDAQ:) has unveiled a Barbie doll within the likeness of British presenter Clara Amfo, who made an emotional speech on her BBC radio present following the loss of life of George Floyd, forward of Worldwide Girls’s Day.
The 36-year-old DJ, who was named a “UK Barbie Position Mannequin”, spoke about her personal psychological well being when she made an on-air name to sort out racism after the loss of life of Floyd, a Black man, in police custody final Could sparked anti-racism protests towards police brutality in the USA and world wide.
“There’s a false concept that racism, and on this case anti-blackness, is simply name-calling and bodily violence when it’s so rather more insidious than that,” she stated in her speech, which went viral.
Amfo featured within the September difficulty of British Vogue journal which celebrated activists vocal in points together with the Black Lives Matter motion, poverty and gender inequality.
“To say that I’m honoured to be named a Barbie Position Mannequin can be an understatement,” Amfo stated in an announcement.
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