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Written by Raven Jones
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When I was a young girl, I was teased and told I was ugly all the time, but I didn't believed my bullies. I used to stand in front of the mirror and say, "I don't know what those kids are talking about. I'm super pretty!" In fact, I took so much pride in my own competency. Sure I had the nappy hair, but I didn't need a perm just to comb through it. Those girls were just lazy, in my opinion. After a while though, their taunts started to sting, but I would try to stay confident, so they would relent like so many adults said they would, but my confidence just made their remarks more hateful. |
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