I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded ski... -Lupita Nyong\'o

I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin, and my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned. The morning would come, and I would be so excited about seeing my new skin that I would refuse to look down at myself until I was in front of a mirror because I wanted to see my fair face first.

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I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled....
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Clay can be dirt in the wrong hands, but clay can be art in the right hands....
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I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defea...