This is Love

Sun-Man

Jul 19, 2023

42:59

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Menelik Eason: A Muscled White Guy

2min

The Limitation of My Imagination

2min

The Invention of a Black Superhero Toy

3min

LaEason's He-Man Toy

2min

The Doll Test

2min

The Role of Ritual in Criminal Justice

2min

How to Hire the Right People for Your Business

2min

The History of Black Dolls

2min

10.

The History of Boys Toys

3min

11.

Medellik's Story of a Sun Man Toy

2min

12.

How to Get Son Man in Front of Other Kids

3min

13.

Sunman: The Greatest Superhero of All Time

2min

14.

The Rise and Fall of Sunman

2min

15.

The Legacy of Louis Armstrong

3min

16.

The Disproportionality of Toy Design

2min

17.

He-Man and Masters of the Universe: A Relaunch

2min

18.

The Irony of the Situation Where Mattel Was Careless in Their Lack of Diversity

3min

19.

The Origins of the Sunman Toy

5min

In 1984, Yla Eason’s three-year-old son told her he couldn’t be a superhero because he wasn’t white like his He-Man action figures. So she looked for a Black action figure for him. When she couldn’t find one anywhere, she decided to make one herself.

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