I am a dark skinned girl living in a country
我是一個(gè)有著深色皮膚的女孩，在我生活的地方
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which places white skinned people on a pedestal
淺色皮膚的人都被奉若神明?

and looks down on people with even slightly dark skin tone.
而那些深色皮膚的人，哪怕膚色只是略微深暗，也會(huì)遭到鄙夷

Since I am very dark skinned,
由于我的皮膚顏色十分深暗
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I tend to avoid wearing bright colors like white and yellow
我時(shí)常會(huì)避免那些明亮的色調(diào)，比如白色或者黃色

because they make me look even more darker.
因?yàn)檫@些顏色會(huì)讓我看起來更加黝黑

However, I wore a white blouse today
可是，今天我卻穿著一件白色的襯衣
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which I bought because it was so pretty
之所以買下它，是因?yàn)樗每戳?/div>

?that I just couldn't pass it up.
讓我不得不為它駐足

?I thought that even if it may not look good on me,
我想，即使這件襯衣不會(huì)襯托得我更加美麗
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it's still a good looking top
它本身也足夠好看了
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and so I just wore it to work.
于是我穿著它去上班了

And a co-worker complimented me!
沒想到，同事居然夸贊了我！

She said "That top is really cute
她說，“這件襯衣真好看”

and White looks awesome on you!"
“你很適合穿白色的衣服！”

I turned into a puddle.
我立刻哭成了淚人兒

?I am feeling good about myself ever since.
從那之后，我開始有了自信

The point is，
這件事讓我知道

Don't be so insecure
別讓心中的不安全感控制自己

that you might miss something good!
不然你可能會(huì)錯(cuò)過十分寶貴的東西！

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