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This documentary, directed by teen filmmaker Kiri Davis explores the many stereotypes associated with African American women and children. Per society, African American women, are not smart, must have a big butt, and if you are not lite-skin you are not pretty. Davis, asks her peers to discuss what the standards are for “a girl like me”. Most of the girls believe if they have blonde permed hair their better, never want to marry a darker male, or that having natural hair makes them African looking. I strongly believe white America has brainwashed African American women into idolizing what is “right” for them. I believe that they are looking to be accepted into a culture because they lack knowledge of their culture. For example,
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