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Ever since Sydney was a little girl she felt uncomfortable in her own skin. All the tv shows and magazines she saw showed people with white and brown and light black skin, but none of them showed people that looked like her, that had dark black skin.
She was made fun of and teased (and even bullied for her skin color) about the color of her skin by classmates at school, by friends, at the beauty salon, and even by her own family. The called her names and made her feel different than everyone else, even though, of course, inside she was just the same.
It got so bad that she even fantasized about being white, about painting herself white and putting on a blonde wig and hoping nobody would notice.
Almost her whole life the color of her skin had made her unhappy. She worried that she wouldn't make friends, and that she would never be able to get a boyfriend. She worried that she would have to constantly confront racism, even from her own race!
But, finally, she realized that no matter what you look like on the outside, skin color, pimples, weight none of it really mattered. The only thing that mattered, and the only thing makes you beautiful, is what's on the inside, what's in your heart. Once she realized this, her true beauty shined through and it was there for everyone to see! Undeniable!
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