I found the Black side of California's Barbie World

The World of Barbie pop-up has plenty of photo-ops, but it also spotlights why representation matters.

On the bottom floor of the World of Barbie activation inside Santa Monica Place, a ticket that can cost up to $54 buys you the chance to hang out in Barbie’s closet, use interactive mirrors to give yourself a new hairdo, party on Barbie’s beach, play around in the massive ball pit, watch a movie in the Barbie theater and drive Barbie’s camper van. My mom and I, visiting on Mother’s Day, took plenty of photos to commemorate the experience.

An exhibit that highlighted the milestones in the Barbie timeline featured 1985's “We can do anything” campaign, with the goal of empowering young girls.Barbie's living room has a perfect view of the beach.Jessica Castro/Special to SFGATEIt didn’t surprise me that the commercial spotlighted only the original skinny, white, blonde Barbie.While my mom and I marveled over the timeline of the different Barbie dream houses, she pointed to the one that she owned as a kid in the 1970s.

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