You can't let anybody else determine your worth and you can't solely be motivated by external recognition of your work either. Of course, everyone wants that acknowledgement of a job well done, and if that acknowledgement comes with a trophy, even better. But...
Read MoreIt was in this moment of despair that Rae, upon drawing in her journal, that she inscribed the words "I'm awkward. And Black". It's these words, and how they contradicted the black women generally portrayed...
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