CHILD ASHAMED OF HER SKIN COLOR |

The man from this story caught his daughter painting her black doll's face white.
The girl explained that it was her kindergarten teacher who told her to do it.
After that, the concerned father decided to pay the teacher a visit...
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[@kenishascraft7605]

The little girl is adorable. No child should ever go through something like that.

[@DramatizeMe]

Thank you for your kind comment! We cannot agree more.

[@AStinkyFrogFish]

yeah 😢

[@Nirmal-qo8gw]

It breaks my heart when very young children are affected by racism 🥺💔.

[@madkittyjoey70]

Very true! If Lily were my daughter and I caught her painting her doll, I would automatically suspect something was wrong at her school.

[@howlpendragon26]

Yea and she was traumatized because of that woman because of her racism!!

[@heru-deshet359]

When that little angel said "Mom" she melted my heart.

[@TonyShumway-hc8qj]

Amen to that it takes child like faith to bring something like that to pass.

[@DanielaUhrigLuna-pc9jt]

Ikr

[@Gracel9v]

I felt her pain. No one should ever feel ashamed of their skin colour

[@kensleighgurske5921]

I teared up just because of reading the title

[@bismitsatyashreechandan1253]

69 likes😭😭 am not gonna change that

[@amylee8969]

@ Grace I absolutely can’t stand ignorant Karens who treat people like that. Especially innocent kids who did nothing wrong.

[@Audreymiller823]

@@kensleighgurske5921 same

[@theswampfisher3253]

My daughter is mixed she felt that way

[@johnrivas4469]

No teacher should not be discriminating her own students and anybody based on their skin color. Everyone should be treated equally and not being treated badly

[@cathyterrell6155]

That didn’t make sense

[@amylee8969]

@ John Rivas Sadly, many people are like that in dominantly all-white neighborhoods.

[@sachiinrauut7790]

@@cathyterrell6155 Because u r white

[@AmericanRCVKAR8199]

How about parents and other students too and hospital staff...?

[@AmericanRCVKAR8199]

True

[@Ava_Bun_Fun]

Poor little girl. As a mom of 3 beautiful mix girls, this is my one fear. But I am teaching them to be proud of who they are and to speak out when needed.

[@user-wu2er4zd1d]

Why are you having mix girls?

[@holyexperience1976]

​@@user-wu2er4zd1d Because nothing is wrong with that or immoral against God. I am proudly mixed 3 ways myself and would never change thar.

[@AlisonMendez-bx8tp]

@@user-wu2er4zd1d why not? There’s nothing wrong with us lol

[@jordandaluz2129]

Even I'd like to say this... Ultimate Life Lesson: Next time someone wants to talk about race, try talking about sports cars. That's the better topic at least.

[@martinagutierrez8442]

​​@@user-wu2er4zd1d Racist.

[@rakiahbaker5589]

It's because of people like the teacher,that I'm a bit scared of the world. Luckily I'm surrounded by kind and loving people.

[@KadariusGreen]

Facts

[@Just8286]

Well I'm sorry to hear that I really am I'm not black but I support you guys in the black community ❤

[@olnifem8]

You should never show any fear to anyone

[@gachahorror7925]

That little girl mom was so smart take the job to see if something is wrong without the other teacher seeing it.

[@katiemcarthur5984]

This is no cap stop racist

[@flipperthrifter]

The little girl is so adorable. No one should be ashamed of there skin color. No matter if your black, white, or brown. 🖤🤎🤍

[@kananram7476]

Yeah black, white or Asian

[@Luigiluigi945]

What about latinos 😢😢

[@flipperthrifter]

@@Luigiluigi945 I was trying to refer to everyone. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

[@nicolehegarty4749]

As a person in general but especially a teacher myself this is so heart breaking and makes me livid. So sad that there are still people like this.

[@user-wi8lr4ls5q]

Led me to think

[@RodneyDodson]

What teacher, in your experience, has done this???

[@vampera82]

@@RodneyDodsonthey never said they’ve seen a teacher do this but some actually do but nobody really tells on them or get in trouble as there isn’t a lot of evidence

[@janabuchheit3389]

Children are our future leaders. We can learn so much from them. Their minds are moldable. Teachers who are biased towards any child has no place in the industry. Team DramatizeMe and Garry, always spectacular! Thanks

[@DramatizeMe]

Thank you Jana! Your comment is so precious and so deep. We are here for learning, not for being cruel. Yours, Garry from DramatizeMe

[@muhammadalisiddiqui195]

Yes, never judge anyone by their skin colour

[@DramatizeMe]

We agree with you, DoodLy ScienCe👍

[@karenleepickett]

Little girl being told to paint the face of her favorite doll - breaks my heart. Before the episode begins, the child already has been given the message that the tone of her (and her doll's) skin was something to be ashamed of. Don't judge people by the color of their skin, but on the content on their character.

[@FATIMA-by1hb]

Teacher doing this is unbearable. The step Lily's mother has taken is really great. And the greatest of all is Gary and his Team. Love you dear.

[@joymukherjee6296]

I wonder how difficult it was for the mother to control her rage!

[@tindee3052]

Right!

[@yamagata008]

This is another hard hitting video from DramatizeMe. Thank you for producing this video episode and bringing this issue to the forefront. A child's self image is so crucial to their success in school. We need to instill confidence and acceptance in each and every child for them to grow up to be productive members of society. As one famous woman wrote, it takes a village to raise a child. Kudos and Great Job!

[@esther6049]

We must not judge people by their skin color. Don't judge a book by its cover.

[@cassandra8022]

Yes it's not the colour of a person's skin that is important but the content of their heart that is most important and how they treat people.

[@sachiinrauut7790]

@@cassandra8022 whites are exception

[@nataliegillmore7436]

Only God can judge. And what we all do on this earth Our Lives will 🐝 reviewed up there.

[@DragonGirl2000]

Exactly.

[@user-love252]

Yes only god can judge NO ONE ELSE

[@imlady50]

I was a Bilingual k- Teacher in the City of NY for 29 years, and I'm not surprised to see behavior of teachers like this one. Many times, I saw from colleagues and heard derrogatories comments toward children who came from others countries to have a good education in US. I, myself was a victim of their own poison, but I learned that Karma is like a menu. It serves everyone what each one deserves! 🙏

[@NewZealandallblacks627]

Id- Your last name looks Hispanic. I have had Hispanic people tell me not to speak my language. Hispanics, however, have no problem speaking Spanish in front of you, and if you tell them you don't understand, they laugh and say learn Spanish.

[@pinklady7184]

Not just children from other countries, also children from "wrong" backgrounds, "wrong" social classes, "wrong" families, etc.

[@anniesolomon4876]

Can we talk about the dad's accent? His voice sounds so smooth he would be perfect to be a narrator

[@DramatizeMe]

Thank you for your kind comment Annie! We are so happy if you like it.

[@annejacquemin6834]

In 1992, I was 3 years old when I asked my mother why the teacher said I had "poop colored skin". Mom is white, father is mixed native, white and black american. She called the director immediately and decided to catch the teacher in the act. So, the next day, my mom dropped me in class as if nothing happened, went to get the director and spyied the teacher. She was particulary nasty that day. I remembered that another colored kid and me had it rough. We were about to cry when my mom barged in the classroom like a hurricane, swooped us up and glared at the teacher. "You're the turd", mom called her -first and best insult I remember. The kid and I were placed in another class. This was in Austria. The year after, we went to South Africa, which is a story for next time.

[@DusktilDawn-xq8rl]

Your Mum sounds like an awesome person!🙂 I got called a babysitter a few times while walking my three young mixed race children to the park a few years ago. I hate the term ' babysitter '.

[@WalletOfZhongli]

U've got some cool mom there!!

[@toughyeti9738]

Your mum sounds awesome! Showing kids that they can stand up to discrimination even if it's from someone who's meant to be a trusted adult is a great lesson! I bet you've got loads of awesome stories about her 😊

[@hoseaembury2071]

The color of your skin has no determining factor on what kind of person you are or will be. It’s how the child is raised, the culture it is brought up in and finally the choice of that child or person that develops character and traits in that person, that determines what “kind” of person they are. ❤❤

[@amylee8969]

Honestly, if that Karen is going to be racist, she shouldn’t be around kids and definitely not teaching.

[@hoseaembury2071]

@@amylee8969 correct

[@ellalee108]

But that's how society is!

[@tindee3052]

👏👏 yes

[@kittycat4746]

But different races have different cultures so it does have to do with each other

[@ReubenMaake-pp3pn]

No one should ever feel ashamed of her skin colour🥺🥺

[@CameronHudson06]

When the teacher said "We'll see" at 10:21, that gave me hope that this video might get a sequel. Great video by the way.👍👍

[@madkittyjoey70]

A lot of the videos (this one included) need a sequel!

[@cassandra8022]

This is so sad 😞 the little girl is very beautiful. Its not the colour of skin that's important but the content of a person's heart!

[@madkittyjoey70]

Yet another excellent performance by the man who played Lilly's father! And the little girl who played Lilly is so cute!

[@DramatizeMe]

Thank you so much for your support, madkittyjoey70. We really appreciate it! 🤗

[@Crazy-Cocoa-2.0]

I'm in a biracial relationship myself right now, and this is exactly the kind of stuff that terrifies me. No child should ever have to go through what this teacher put Lily through

[@senoritaartistica1999]

I have a big sister who was once treated like that.

[@DramatizeMe]

So sorry to hear that... We all deserve care and respect.

[@alieqabi7002]

Stop racism at once that's enoughe

[@llayyyy]

Please stop racism this is enough

[@alieqabi7002]

You know some of my friends are black i'm white but not racist i have no problem with anyone

[@leohuang6906]

real, if everybody in the world knew that, literally people making racist jokes isn’t even funny and they think it is

[@noahpalmer2499]

Yeah stop because young kids how whach this will learn off it

[@giovanniiacon1776]

Exacly. Almost 3 years ago, around the world saw what happend to George Floyd. Juts for an exuse of his natural skin color. And afther that, they're was a huge protest in America🇺🇸 and other countries around the globe. not just him. Also other people who's been discriminated.😣😔😭

[@whiteswanlilly4119]

My daughter is mixed race, and her father was abusive to us. As a small child she hated her appearance because she looked so much like him. She hated her “race” because of him. We worked hard to encourage her to see the positives of her genetics and be proud of the history on her father’s side, and to not let one person colour her view of the world. She is one of the most beautiful, talented, kind, brave… and also anxious… people I have ever met. I know that the self hatred will plague her all her life, and it hurts my heart. It didn’t help that the kids at school kept telling her she was adopted because she did t look like me. I ended up telling the kids that I sometimes have blue hair so don’t judge families based on appearance, but ended up dying my hair brown to try and match more to hers.

[@DramatizeMe]

We're sorry to hear about the struggles that you and your daughter have faced.💔💔💔 It's difficult, but we are sure that with your love and support, your daughter will be able to overcome the self-hatred.

[@rosekhan8761]

We are all humans skin colour should not matter. Every race is beautiful! Love and respect each other.

[@JorgeSoto-iv2hn]

You should never judge someone based on the color of their skin so treat others the way you want to be treated. Show everyone equally with care and respect.

[@mollyfischer3428]

For someone who is learning to be a teacher I feel sick and angry at this teacher one of the biggest rules of being a teacher is that a teacher treat every child with love and respect no mater their appearance or ability

[@tindee3052]

Same here.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@actinok3402]

Finally some justice. My fav actor plays a good guy role. The bold guy

[@adelaide123]

This channel is helping me to grow humanity, love and kindness in me🥰❤ And by the message.... color means nothing for real human being 😊

[@kittymeowmeow3652]

It doesn't matter what race the child is all children are special.❤

[@DramatizeMe]

We cannot agree more!

[@fatimaslifeline]

I always felt this way but this year I started to love myself ❤

[@georgianikolopoulou2969]

Good for you my dear ! Always love yourself! There’s only one you and you deserve it! I am so happy I was raised to see people as good people or bad people no matter the religion/ ethnicity/ color. Kind regards from Holland!! 🌷🌷.

[@fatimaslifeline]

@@georgianikolopoulou2969 thank you so much for your kind words I value myself 💝

[@martinagutierrez8442]

Good for you friend! Have a Good Day and a life

[@ameliawilson1053]

I would like to take the time out to thank you, Mr. Garry and your AMAZING CREW MEMBERS for giving us AMAZING videos on a regular basis, and for that I truly THANK YOU. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@DyreElsker78]

No one should even think that a color are something different! We are equal and each one of us is prescious and wonderful!

[@Lucy135]

Salute to all the loving mother's.💁

[@forever_forgotten1909]

reminds me of a funny thing my sister said, me and my ma were watching tv and she yelled “I wanna be white” out of thin air 😂

[@rosepitt]

This brainwashing goes on in real-time throughout American schools and probably the globe. Great skit and actors/actress; love the music that goes along with every scene. Children are a blessing from the LORD; no one color is better than another God created all the races!

[@RodneyDodson]

Can you give an example? I’ve never seen anything like this before and i grew up in the 80s and 90s

[@ngozijennifer4329]

I'm proudly black and can never be ashamed of my skin color 👍

[@lllll05677]

Wow great you will continue 😊

[@aaron-pg9mv]

Amen black is beautiful ❤

[@nehachopra4817]

It's horrible to treat a little one like this..only a sick mind can do that..Really appreciate the content you guys presented & the ending is awesome 👍 Dear Garry & Team Dramatizeme...Thank you for this one ❤❤❤❤Stay Blessed always 💙

[@yadav_965]

That what upper caste do to lower caste in India 😮

[@millicentmusselwhite5669]

Black is beautiful, white is beautiful, all colors are beautiful.

[@mell3064]

as someone said, its scary this happens all over the world and actually ive been through racisim once when i was 8. thank you for speaking out and changing this world.

[@aliciasukati5600]

Thank you Mr Garry for new actresses and actors and good video pls keep up the good work

[@DramatizeMe]

Thank you Alicia! I am so thrilled to read your kind words. Yours, Garry from DramatizeMe

[@christinehinds8314]

Stop racism in the world. Our children should be taught how to be proud of who they are, irrespective of their race, gender, religion. Loving all your videos DramatizeMe Team. Keep up the good work 👍🏽❤️

[@deloraajesh3156]

"Ordinary ones and Special ones"

[@blasian1776]

Seeing everyone just stand up against that awful teacher made everything feel so much better. She doesn’t deserve to ever work with children again if she’s like this. I never experienced racism like this but let me find out my child is getting told things like this. I’d have to restrain myself from cursing her out the moment I see her.

[@ritapoitra284]

What kind of teacher discriminates like that! You are going to have all sorts of students with all sorts of skin colors, religions, and backgrounds wth! That's just sick! That poor beautiful little baby does NOT need to feel like she doesn't belong!

[@carasomerville7377]

I couldn’t care less about how people look. We are all still human and should treat each other with the same love and respect regardless of race.

[@anjalisvlogs7983]

I don't know how could they think that a small child can steal toys and put it in its "bag" which is kept 3 times the height of its own

[@hannahduggan3599]

I was bullied all the time in the 7th grade. My teacher often bullied me for being mixed Scot-Irish and Southeast Asian. She often called me a mutated freak.

[@pinklady7184]

Fair skin obsession is insane in some countries like India, Phillipines, etc.

[@sherrypc6698]

More than India it is in western countries the west has only made the world think white complexion is supeRior because the colonised many places

[@lunashine3139]

I don't know non of me call that maybe the new generation doesn't care about the skins colour

[@mydearteddy454]

Bitter truth 😔

[@hypergg681]

You forgot south kor- 😂

[@Whatwhatwhatwhatno]

And America

[@Rosyisgummybear]

I'm proud and I'm so proud to be black ,black is so pure

[@shaika9994]

DramatizeMe, my reliever after a long day at work. Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲💓

[@asmongoldsmouth9839]

I know this is a skit. But the idea that children or even adults are treated like this makes my ill to my stomach.

[@eugenelau3927]

Being racist to a kid even if she's black is rude and makes her want to change her melanin. This teacher needs to be fired, apologize for her rudeness and head to jail!! This is where the girl's parents really come in and support her!! So unprofessional!!!

[@amnaarif8331]

Beauty is always from the soul and heart ..any other thing is temporaray and never matters

[@jkmcgill77]

Beautiful video, I was mistreated at my children's schools because I didn't look like them.

[@DramatizeMe]

We are so sorry... It must have been so hard for you. Thank you for your kind words about the video.

[@stephaniest.5336]

"I did all of this because... Because I love children!" Love children my butt!!! If she did she wouldn't have made the poor girl go through such traumatic experiences... Much less try to frame her as a thief!!!

[@Robloxian_2019]

This is so upsetting. Why do people have to be a certain skin colour . No matter what skin colour you are you are still amazing and shouldn’t be judged . Respect everyone from New Zealand

[@ginay4662]

I’ve had racist teachers, I remember a teacher that would make me brush my hair outside, because I had curly Latina hair and all my classmates had straight hair. Another teacher let everyone have a soda for a school party, except me. In the same school, I was forced into ESL, even though I only spoke English. That was in the 90’s. Back then, there weren’t very many Hispanics in my school, but now there are a lot of Hispanics in my city.

[@Retirement02042012]

Be proud of your roots. Be proud who are and don’t listen to toxic people.

[@cassandra8022]

Exactly!

[@ScreenBlaster13]

Racism and discrimination is in every way bad but to do it towards children is even worse. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect as a person is a person no matter what their skin color. No child should ever feel like an outcast. The teacher deserved to be fired. As she left, she said "We'll see!, but hopefully word got around about her disgusting behavior.

[@amandaramos4322]

That teacher judging innocent children by the color of their skin is a racist monster

[@sarmajere2866]

The beginning makes me think of the doll studies, where the African American kids (at least the original study in the, I think 70’s was black kids, I can’t recall if the revamped version in the 2000’s had other minority kids or not) were asked to choose which of two dolls (one white, one black) was the pretty/ugly, smart/stupid, good/bad doll and which one was like them. Most of the children picked the white doll for all of the positive categories and the black doll for the negative ones. It’s so heartbreaking to see a child think that they have something wrong with them, and worse to see a teacher introducing and reinforcing those ideas. This is such a sad example of something that is still happening today. Very important and well done video.

[@jonnypetrolati8831]

Behavior like that, is terrible. I have a beautiful niece that already has a hard enough time, being the only black kid in her class. I couldn't even imagine a teacher, treating a child that way. A world free of racism, has been needed for way too long. Disgusting how much hate there is and, how easily it spreads. This video truly made me cry...stop the hate!

[@DramatizeMe]

Jonny, thanks for commenting! 👋😍Our intention was to highlight the very real issue of racism in our society, particularly in our educational systems. We hope that through stories like this, we can bring awareness to the problem and inspire change.

[@daniellenewman7547]

I wish people would not judge others by their skin colour 😞😡

[@KekeChannel0215]

I feel the pain of what she was going through. No child should have this in their head at such a young age. Everyone should be treated fairly. We are all human beings.

[@DramatizeMe]

You’re so right, KeKe Channel ❤️

[@angrybudgie96]

Judge people by their actions, not for characteristics that they can't control.

[@sarahsan5946]

No one deserved to be treated that way people should treat the others equally even if they have different skin colours

[@anitarandolph9395]

She shouldn't be allowed to teach. This little girl should never be ashame of who she is. She's a very beautiful young girl. Never let anyone tell you different stand tall and proud. Teacher should have license revoked.

[@qyoceandew9946]

What a ❤touching story there r people who don't leave a kid also when they discriminate . what they think they r some superior beings who hv wings n beaks .racism is a curse to humanity n discrimination in any way n in any form should hv zero tolerance anywhere under the sun. Thanks dramatizeme for this emotional episode

[@BlackChildParenting-zu6kz]

This video touches on a very important topic. Bravo for bringing it out into the open. I too have done a video from a similar angle. It's about how to help parents help their children not to feel ashamed of being black. Teachers like the one in your video are real, and whenever possible, should be called out. Well done for illuminating this issue.

[@DestinyHawkins-jj4ce]

The part where the horrible teacher said: "she cannot be ur mom, can't u see that?" Made me mad that she said that just bc of the skin type😢

[@lisap2405]

In fact, the sentence would also make sen e in a normal way. She can't be your mom (she's a teacher), don't you see that (she doesn't look like your mother). But in rhis case it's really.... not nice to say the least

[@sleepy...7218]

When I was younger I was always ashamed of my skin but my parents teached me to love it and be proud of it

[@johnhannibalsmith1607]

I know a black woman who puts bleach in her bath water. I'm not talking about some kind of hygiene product that has bleach-like properties in it. She literally *_POURED CLOROX BLEACH_* in her *_BATH WATER._* I don't know what it feels like to soak one's body in *_BLEACH,_* but I'm sure it's unpleasant. She was willing to endure the pain in order to brighten her skin. I didn't believe that kind of self-loathing was possible until I met her.

[@jovanishiona4695]

The little girl acted lovely🥰

[@Audreymiller823]

As someone who comes for a religious black family its sad how we have to go threw this and its even sadder how it is now affecting our kids😞😞😞😞

[@jyothigireeshkumar]

everyone is equal

[@lmusima3275]

The daughter is such a cutie 🥰 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ChatGPT3.00]

That's so important!!

[@holyexperience1976]

Thank you for writing the father in a way where he gently talked to his daughter instead of high speed verbal come unglued and whaled her until she cannot sit.

[@lynnejohnston8922]

Big thank you DramatizeMe and your amazing team for once again another awesome video as always your videos never disappoint us and I would like to take the time out to appreciate all the hard work that you and your amazing team put into making all these awesome videos as always you put in a 💯 percent in all your videos and the storyline's are absolutely amazing as well and thank you for making my nights so happy sitting watching all your amazing videos....BIG THUMBS UP FOR DramatizeMe and your amazing team....👍🏻👍🏼👍🏻👍🏼👏👏💞🌹🌹💯 keep up the fantastic work DramatizeMe and team......👏👏

[@maaidamuumin3430]

we are all equal and human beings but our culture ,religion and skin tone is different we should all respect and treat each other with kindness

[@georgianikolopoulou2969]

So we’ll written story! I am impressed!! You , DramatizeMe team , are awesome!! Kind regards from Holland 🌷🌷❤️❤️

[@VasuSV1911]

That baby girl is such a cutie pie 😍 It's a big cruelty to treat kids such way

[@talkingwithtia8045]

This is why it is important to talk to your children, listen to your children and watch there reactions to different situations.

[@hridyaajijavahar4608]

Dramatizeme never make me disappointed ❤❤

[@DramatizeMe]

Your kind comment gives us wings to go on! ❤

[@vanessab.6682]

Where are you located? I am asking because where I live, unfortunately, it is illegal to record someone without their knowledge, even for voice recordings. It is not even admissible as proof in court. :/

[@wingedsword1449]

I faced racism as well,i'm a white woman but a black person full of bitterness told me to be ashamed of my skin color. I told her God formed me in my mother's womb and when I was born God said it's good how I made you. I also told her i have black brothers and sisters in christ and i do love them. She claimed to be a Christian but the word of god says: Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:31) God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (1 John 4:16)

[@TheRandomnesschannel26]

That's a bad teacher!

[@hulk-manspangler7158]

U GUYS R THE BEST... DON'T STOP THE GREAT WORK.👌👌👌

[@laurashane7061]

Why would a teacher say something like that to a little kid?! That's awful.😢😮

[@suptumberlumbertumberlumbe9305]

Based teacher. She should be ashamed it’s bad

[@kalishevlin2504]

I despise people like this. Everyone deserves to be treated with kindy and respect no matter their age.

[@ljront3126]

I feel sorry for parents and children, who are disadvantaged because of their unideal looks. This should not be the policy of the modern education! I hope to see more staff and administrators, who express the same values. Multicultural educators are in demand.

[@yogalover2753]

I'm so glad that the teacher got fired from her job. There's no place for racism, homophobia, transphobia etc... in schools.

[@martinagutierrez8442]

Complely agree

[@Yvonne._.222]

I feel really bad For the doll🥺

[@christinegabriel7842]

Parents should always monitor and study their children actions and take necessary measures!!!

[@anabanana4110]

And the dad was so happy at the beginning 😭😭😭

[@Isabella2335.]

No teacher should be discriminated against students just because of their races or ethnicities and anything . Evil teacher and I am glad that she lost her job in the end!

[@wbaviatorpilot]

Forever and ever and ever! Period