“Why are my baby dolls black?”

Julee Freeman,
Thornton, CO

I remember asking myself this question when I was a young teen going through my old toys and I couldn’t understand why I, a very much white individual from a white family, had so many black baby dolls. Years later, in my adulthood, my aunt told me the story which gave me the answer – I simply thought they were the most beautiful. I think of this to remind myself not only of my natural biases but the ones that I have learned from the “shoulds” in our society.


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