Really pretty for a Dark Girl!

Benicia Parker,
Port Arthur, TX

I chose this picture and my six words because I was reminded that the color of my skin defined my beauty growing up. At such a young age I experienced colorism from within my own race causing me to think that I was not quite light enough to be consider beautiful instead I was pretty for a dark girl. Those thoughts cause me to live a life of deeming my second best and a lack of self esteem for myself.


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