African American Girl Vs Snow White Girl

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When you search beautful women in google, you see white women. As a child it was a rarity to see a black doll to play with. When you think of princesses you think of Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, all white females. Growing up an African American Girl was hard, because your skin was dark, your hair was thicker and nappy, your lip where considered big and you had curves. You didn’t look like the dolls, princesses or the beautiful women you saw on Tv. As a child your always told white is good. It was hard for me to except my race. I never thought I fit in, especially going to a predominately white school throughout elementary. I had to learn that you don’t have to have a pale complexion to be beautiful. Beauty is what is inside

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