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I would have sold my right kidney when I was a kid for that American Girl doll- not that I wanted the black one. I had a pretty realistic view of the world as a kid, and you just couldn't sell me on the sugary sweetness and light for historical Af-Am characters- even fictional ones. I knew that chances were high that her life was full of misery and pain so I wasn't buying that fairy tale.
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The Muslim doll is great- I especially like that they are coming out with versions that have careers. Positive role models are so key.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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