American Girl Felicity the loyalist?
There’s been a bit of controversy surrounding the very popular line of American Girl dolls. The Mexican-American doll Marisol was criticized by Latino activists because her background story included a bit about how she had had to move from her dangerous Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago to some nicer (and presumably whiter) suburb (although one that doesn’t have a dance studio, forcing the “resourceful” Marisol to combine “the best of the her old world with a renewed commitment to stretch and try her hardest”).
A couple of weeks ago a conservative group threatened to boycott American Girl outright since the company had donated money to a lesbian group.
But I haven’t seen anybody mention the real outrage: Felicity the loyalist. Check this out, straight from the American Girl catalog:
Felicity
A loyal, spirited girl of 1774 who grows impatient doing the “sitting-down kinds of things” colonial girls are expected to do. Her struggles for independence matches America’s own fight for freedom during the American Revolution.
Now, wait a minute here. A “loyal” girl during the Revolutionary era? Loyal as in a…loyalist?
Move to Canada, you bacon-eatin’ hussy!
Update: Here’s a somehwat more serious criticism of American Girl and its relationship with pro-abortion Girls, Inc.
