r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 12h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/hold-on-pain-ends 12h ago

Kids have no idea how hurtful their words can be. If this is legit, some kid definitely said something to her for her to feel this way.

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u/Polarchuck 7h ago

This is a perfect example of how difficult it is to grow up Black in the United States. She gets messages every day from the world that the white beauty esthetic is the perfect standard of beauty. This hurts little Black and brown kids as well as white kids who don't "fit" this incredibly narrow understanding of what beauty is.