Mattel's New Black Barbie's Hair Isn't Offensive -- It's Just a Few Years Too Late

People were outraged by Mattel's recent Instagram, but the style is more passé than objectionable. People are really in their feelings about a black Barbie doll's hairdo. Last week, the Barbie Style Instagram posted a photo of three dolls enjoying a movie night. While the two white dolls, a platinum blonde and a brunette, wear their hair in simple ponytails, the black Barbie rocks a more avant-garde 'do: Part of her hair is black and cornrowed, and the other part is blonde and wavy. Immediately...