Little Wooden Dolls: Some Thoughts on Race from a Privileged White Woman
I was working at a summer daycare program while I was in college. On this particular day, I was in charge of the craft project. A group of girls gathered around me to make little wooden dolls. We would be sanding them, painting them, and using a hot glue gun to put on clothing, hair, and such. My boss had all the supplies ready, including the “flesh colored” paint for the little dolls’ bodies. As I looked around the table, I saw three or four brown faces whose skin tone looke
