Green Cuban Toys

We Cuban children are fortunate enough to grow up in multi-coloured families, with each member having a bit more “cafe”, or a bit more “leche” – and our dolls have always reflected this.  I grew up with a whole tribe of Gollywogs – now very un-PC for some ridiculous reason (it’s an English thing), as well as “negritas” that my Cuban grandmother would make or buy for me.  (I’m sure some very white person who has never danced to “Me Sube La Bilirrubina” would find them offensive as well.) My Cuban grandmother even made me my “Raggedy Ann and Andy” dolls. (Below)

Needless to say, I was the only kid on the block to have such beautiful dolls. (If only I had kept the Cuban Cabbage Patch that she made – also more “cafe” than “leche”.  And that much more fabulous.)

Sadly, my son is a bit more “leche” than I would of designed.  I then find it particularly important that he grow up with toys that reflect the varied and rich DNA in his “sangre”.  These new non-toxic Plan toys (top image) are just the thing to remind him that the world isn’t as pale as it may seem when we visit his Wisconsin side of the family.

Mini Romeo Y Juliettas sold separately.