Which One Am I?

Which one is me?

The question that helped inspire my project is one many of us are familiar with. When we open a book, look at an advertisement, watch a movie. If there is a group of people, I know that something that I always think of is which one I am. I can't be the red headed girl, I can't be the Hispanic girl, and I can't be the Chinese girl. So which one am I?

I want to help change this question. I want to change the way children relate to others- not based on looks and what "normal" looks are, but based on so much more.

Why must we identify with someone who "looks the most like us" instead of acts like us? Why must we shut down relating to someone because of their skin color or hair color? I know it seems like a little thing, but the media truly controls our idea of beauty.

Though it can feel so special to see someone in the media who looks like you, especially if you don't usually experience it, the media can be so white-washed, why not preach diversity and inner beauty as well?