lucy s dad was trying to convince me that doc mcstuffens was a big deal a pop culture rarity that could have a real social impact but i needed a little bit of independent sourcing so i called my daughter parker who was 10 at the time and asked if she heard of doc mcstuffens. well she hadp. parker told me doc is awesome, smart and cool and yes doc is a little black girl like her. parker felt an african-american girl as a central character in a mainstream children s program was inspired and parker wasn t alone. little doc was also a point of pride to some real-life doc mcstuffens. black women doctors like aisha taylor in texas found inspiration in the doc character. she and others formed a society which now has a membership of more than 4700 women physicians of color worldwide. the show was pitched initially without fae artwork and it was disney s idea to make the doc