Yla Eason, the creator of the first Black #superhero figure, says she’s excited to see Afro-futuristic toys roll out this season more than ever before, an industry shift she believes is in due in large part to the #BlackPanther fandemonium.
Eason, who is also a professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Business School in Newark, founded Olmec Toys in 1985, developing an entire multicultural line of action figures.
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/yla-eason-sun-man-masters-of-the-universe-interview/
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Back in the 80’s, America wasn’t ready for what Olmec offered ...
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘰 ... 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡.