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"  Well Barbie&amp;#039;s done it again, given girls false representation that is. Mattel chose to relaunch the &amp;quot;Barbies of the World&amp;quot; collection and have seriously offended people well, all over the world. Their Latin contribution featured a Brazilian, Chilean, Argentinian, and Mexican inspired Barbie. I don&amp;#039;t feel that it was a fair representation of the nations, and when it comes to the Mexican doll, Mattel completely missed the mark in my opinion.  Sara Rosales, a spokesperson on behalf of Mattel, stated to Fox News Latino that the costumes represented traditional clothing from their respective countries and &amp;quot;celebrate both the countries heritage and culture&amp;quot;. False. Having danced baile folkl\u00F3rico, being Mexican, and spending lots of time in the country I can say they completely missed the mark on the clothing, styling, and seriously with the chihuahua?  The correct way to have represented the traditional culture of the Barbie&amp;#039;s would have been to maybe do some research on the cultures instead of following the skewed American perceptions of these countries and their culture. These Barbie&amp;#039;s are not educational tools as Ms. Rosales has stated, but rather show how much education was lacking in the development of these dolls. Fail!  What do you think of the dolls?  Want more from Krystyna? Follow her on Twitter @Krysty_C "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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