I have to admit that I was pretty emotional watching this video. It was just all too familiar. I knew other girls had issues like this, I mean, it isn't it the American way to dislike what you have and to envy others...
As young girls we are taught by society that if you wanted to be pretty you had to look a certain way, walk a certain way, talk a certain way, think a certain way. Everything is supposed to be predetermined, and if you don't fit in that mold you didn't have what it takes. I was utterly amazed at the test results from the doll test, that the white doll was preferred among all black children. I guess I shouldn't be though, I mean, how recently did the market even introduce black and other ethnicities in toys?
Real Talk: I don't know if I should feel confused or proud. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't picture myself any other race....now. But as a young girl, I'm sad to say I probably would have picked the white doll too!
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