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" The Bluest Eye
Everywhere we go there are going to be stereotypes that can affect us in our daily lives. Even stereotypes from years ago are still sometimes present today. For years Caucasian blue-eyed dolls was considered the best and most perfect gift for every little girl. For this time period it was considered perfect but many girls did not have the features that the doll had. This in some cases would affect minority's, who would come to think that their features such as dark skin, and nappy hair were ugly. In "The Bluest Eye", Claudia a little girl receives a little white doll for Christmas. In receiving this doll Claudia shows that receiving one of these dolls does not make every little girl happy.
In this story Claudia receives a Caucasian doll for Christmas and describes it as a scary blue-eyed yellow haired doll. Her parents were expecting Claudia to be very happy and treat the white doll with care. The opposite of what was expected happened; she showed......

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