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Looking in The Mirror
In the article “Looking in The Mirror” by Spicozzi, she talks about her skin tone and how it has mentally affected her as the years went on. “In kindergarten, I drew myself with a brown crayon, but with each passing year the crayons I picked got lighter and lighter. So, did my self-portraits. By fifth grade, instead of a brown-skinned Latin girl whose mother was from Uruguay, I was whitewashing myself to look the way I wished others would see me.” She talks about growing up around racism, negative self-image, and even self-hatred. She asks, “How does this happen, and what can we do about it?” I think that skin color shouldn’t affect how a person feels about themselves or how other people feel about different skin tones. Underneath each person’s skin is the same color blood and the same organs. Everyone has a heart, it’s just up to them to use it in a positive way.
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