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• ‟ I grew up in Senegal, where more than 50 percent of the women bleach their skin, and skin bleaching is a huge deal. I grew up seeing my cousins and my aunts using it.

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• ‟ My skin is dark and glows. It almost seems blue, and it's supersoft.

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• ‟ I was teased a lot, growing up, because of my skin tone.

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• ‟ Even though I was very young, it was traumatizing seeing someone try weird things on their skin all for the sake of being lighter. It's as common as relaxing your hair or maybe even brushing your teeth. I had friends not wanting to do it, but their moms gave them creams to help lighten their skin. That's how accessible it is.

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• ‟ I wanted to bleach my skin so bad, but my sister always discouraged me. She'd say, 'This is a bad thing. Don't try it.'

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• ‟ I was so ashamed of it that I would spend hours in the shower crying and trying to wash my skin off.

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• ‟ When I was younger, I didn't have any inspiration to like the skin I was in.

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• ‟ In my family, only my brother has a similar skin color. But in Senegal, the color is common.

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