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DI Voices | My journey to radical self-acceptance

Summary by The Daily Illini
“You’re pretty for a Black girl.”  My first-grade brain couldn’t comprehend the weight and confusion I felt from this comment. I just knew something in me shifted as my ears took in these words.   Was it a compliment? Was it an insult? They praised me for my beauty but also suggested that beauty and blackness couldn’t coexist.  I was reminded of this incident when I returned to school from spring break this semester with my natural hair straight…
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The Daily Illini broke the news in on Sunday, April 27, 2025.
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