Betty Tallchief Research Paper

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Betty Marie Tallchief, nothing can bring her down. Throughout her life she had some problems but that did not bring her down. For example facing prejudice and knowing that her talent was not enough. Betty’s talent was ballet. She was very good at it. A lot of people were very mean to her just because of her race. Even the ballet dancers were mean to her. According to the passage prejudice did not keep her from reaching her goal. Betty did feel a little bad about it though.She can have a million other problems then to deal with just one. Another problem she faced was knowing that her talent was not enough. When she did she realized that she needed to stepped up her game. Betty kept practicing and practicing and sooner

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