The MyFamilyBuilders toy set comes with 48 magnetic wooden pieces that children can mix and match to create multiracial. Photo: TNS
When Ez Karpf went shopping for a gift for his friends’ children, he thought it would be easy to find a toy set that represented their multiracial family. In the US – Karpf is from Argentina – there are products for everyone, or so he thought.
He quickly realised the store aisles were not overflowing with the toys he hoped to buy. He noticed not only a lack of racial diversity but also the absence of toys portraying same-sex parents and single-parent households.
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