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pretty for a dark skin girl

January 30, 2014
By simone576 SILVER, Charleston, South Carolina
simone576 SILVER, Charleston, South Carolina
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if you want to make your dreams come true the first thing you have to do is wake up


A beautiful girl walks pass me and my friends in the hallways they look at the way she walks the way her hair flows in the wind. Her eyes sparkle and that smile is so beautiful but then one of my friend say she is pretty for a dark girl i turned to them with this disgusted look on my face as i said why can't she be pretty, she just as pretty as those girls who bleached their skin to be what society told them what was beautiful. And to me she even more beautiful than them because she stayed true to who she was.
Team light skin? Team brown skin? Team dark skin? No, team beautiful


The author's comments:
What inspired me to write this piece is the moment where i noticed that there was a lack of dark girls on television or in magazine.It was the moment where i heard a little dark girl complain about the complexion of skin? I know it was time for a change so i am here to tell everyone that they are beautiful no matter their complexion, weight, height, and other insecurities they just add to your uniqueness.

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on Feb. 11 2014 at 5:00 pm
simone576 SILVER, Charleston, South Carolina
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if you want to make your dreams come true the first thing you have to do is wake up

thanks your support!  

on Feb. 7 2014 at 7:49 pm
Shadowpomgurl PLATINUM, Canton, New York
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"I was NEVER that drunk." -Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow

ugh yes, i been on this topic too. theres no need for this #teamlighskin or #teamdarkskin BS, brothas n sistas, mkay! we're all equally beautiful!! <3 #teamloveyourself

on Feb. 7 2014 at 1:29 pm
punky_nichole.thatsme BRONZE, Marion, Indiana
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life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get.

This is probably the best poem I've honestly ever read. I love it, it has so much meaning to me personally. Great job!!!