I can think that a diverse style of a doll is very useful. No one is saying their kid HAS to play with it. They still make a traditional Barbie.
For the small group of kids who can play with a toy that looks like them, or their sister, this is a big win. And who doesn’t want to make kids happy?
There is a propensity for people to knee jerk comment about anything different. In this case, they are wrong.
I have plenty of experience taking care people with downs syndrome and other cognitive issues. My wife spent most of her career working at multilevel care facilities and I volunteered at all of them. When I was a kid my mom's best friend from work had a downs syndrome kid and he stayed with us frequently. I have knee jerk reactions to shameless virtue signaling by big corporations and others. And that is what this is plain and simple. All the sniping at Crowder is mostly from virtue signaling persons who are just jumping on the bandwagon. I don't buy any of it.
LONG before "Black Lives Matter" and all the politics, I saw where toy makers were adding Black dolls to their line, and it really made me think about generations of Black kids who had played with dolls that looked nothing like them. It was a great move, I think, by the toy companies. They did it because they understood, not for money or to be politically correct.