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By Design: How White Aesthetics Shape Girlhood, Beauty, and Belonging

You learn what “pretty” means before you even know what race is. It starts with the dolls you get—usually straight-haired, sometimes wavy, always blond, with blue eyes and fair skin. Those dolls were called cute, just like the girls who looked like them. As a little girl, I knew I…
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