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Cienne Bronson

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  • caption: Northside Step Team performs at Seattle Theatre Group’s Global Dance Party at the Moore Theater.

    Step sisters: The dance team that stood up for Black Lives Matter

    Darnesha Weary describes step dancing as “creating music and rhythms and beats with every part of your body.” She directs the Northside Step Dance Team in Shoreline, and last year, her team used their dance routine to protest the police shootings of unarmed black people.

  • caption: Two teens smile for the camera in this stock photo.

    Dark-skinned girls and the struggle to feel beautiful

    Colorism isn’t just another term. It is an experience. In the black community, dark-skinned girls and women are often seen as less desirable than their light-skinned counterparts. After being constantly told that they are “too dark” or seeing only fair-skinned women be considered beautiful in their communities, dark-skinned girls often struggle to feel beautiful growing up.