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Watch: This Mom Made Her Daughter Smile After She Was Teased for Being Black and Left Us in Happy Tears
Watch: This Mom Made Her Daughter Smile After She Was Teased for Being Black and Left Us in Happy Tears
#BlackGirlMagic.
Last week, 27-year-old Alexandra Elle was disheartened when her daughter Charleigh called her after school crying.
“Mama, kids were bullying me on the bus," 8-year-old Charleigh told her mother.
Charleigh explained that kids were teasing her because of her skin color, so Alexandra knew that she needed to step in.
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one day, Charleigh came home to a mirror full of positive messages that her mother posted.
Charleigh read the messages out loud and told herself, "I am beautiful and Black. I am smart. I am funny. I am vibrant. I am kind. I am honest. I am helpful. I am graceful. I am nice. I am proud to be brown. I am magical, unbreakable and confident.”
- Immediately, people on Twitter fell in love with Alexandra's self-love technique.
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Some even tried Alexandra's method themselves.
"Representation matters, and I am glad my kiddo and I could serve as an inspiration to so many,” Alexandra told BuzzFeed News.
- The video inspired so many people, Alexandra even received a beautiful piece of fan art.
(Photo: Alexandra Elle via Twitter)
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