At the beginning of the video, Barbie states "it's important to have ongoing conversations about standing up to racism." The video was widely praised for bringing attention to a serious societal problem. In October '20, a Barbie Vlog titled Barbie and Nikki Discuss Racism went viral.
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She was also a regular in the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse and now is a main character in the Netflix series, Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. She has since starred in Barbie and the Three Musketeers, Barbie in a Fashion Fairytale, and Barbie in A Mermaid Tale. Nikki plays the roles of Catherine and herself in the movie. Nikki appears in many Barbie movies, with her first appearance in the 2008 movie, Barbie in a Christmas Carol. She was made part of the "Ballerina," "Bath," "Beach," "Fashionistas," "Rainbow Hair," "Style," and "Water Play" series. But, since In 2013, some Nikki dolls have a new outfit from Barbie. In the past, in several lineups, it was common that Nikki dolls share the same clothes with Barbie, and Teresa wears a new outfit. She has started two businesses in the series: a bistro scooter called "Go Bistro" and a dog walking service called "Watkins' Woofs and Walks." She is also a fashion designer and talented ice skater in the show. In Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures, Nikki is a youthful entrepreneur. Nikki is fun-loving and caring and opinionated. She is very creative and fun and she is one of Barbie's best friends. She is very intelligent, bold and loyal to her friends and will often speak out for them if other people try to bring them down. She is a fashion blogger and she likes to find different places to go where she can hang out with her friends. She hates fakes/phonies, cutesy viral videos and people mean to her best friends. She likes finding "hip" things/places, takes pictures and works on a vlog, and does acting/dancing. Her last name was changed to "Watkins" in 2018 in the series, Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. She is the younger sister of Christie O'Neil and the older sister of Janet and Deidre O'Neil. She also appears as "Artsy" in Mattel's Barbie: Fashionistas line of dolls. She is featured in various Barbie movies and the Life in the Dreamhouse web series. With a new addition of friends for Barbie (Teresa is the only remaining character with Midge, Ken, and Steven) Nikki, along Summer, Raquelle, Ryan, and Blaine, is one of Barbie’s closest friends. In the trade paperbacks, Nikki is featured in "A Surprise for a Friend". Since then, Nikki has been featured in several Barbie doll series. Nikki debuted as one of Barbie's best friends in the Beach Fun Line and later in Fashion Fever Line. Since 2005, she has replaced Christie as one of Barbie's friends. Nikki was originally released as the younger sister of Christie, one of Barbie's former best friends, and was Skipper's first African American friend. Her character debuted in 1996 as part of the "Teen Skipper" line. Nicole "Nikki" O'Neil (also known as Nikki Watkins) is a Mattel fashion doll, marketed as one of Barbie's best friends. Mattel fashion doll Nicole "Nikki" O'Neil