While I’ve told the story of how my aunt Phyllis gave me my very first best friend, and written about my aunt Cissy taking me to the doll museum, I don’t think I’ve ever shared how I thought my aunt Carolyn was the inspiration for the first Black Barbie. Nor have I shared the profound impact owning a Black Barbie had on me as a young girl. In honor of the newly released Black Barbie: A Documentary, I’m excited to share my story. It was the mid-seventies, early eighties, most of the dolls we were played with were white, it wasn’t really something that we talked about, it just was……