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Self-Acceptance & bipoc well being

Below are the best resources we could find on Self-Acceptance and bipoc well being.

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Empowerment Through Confidence | Harnaam Kaur | TEDxWarwick

Harnaam was originally known for being the youngest woman in the world to have a full beard, but is now known as a prominent advocate for mental health, body image and LGBTQIA issues. In her talk, she discusses the importance of embracing beauty, whatever form it may come in.

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The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me

Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her.

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Model Harnaam Kaur Says Her Beard Is a Blessing

Meet the model and body activist challenging beauty norms, bullies, and online trolls.

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Alice Walker Talks About Self-Perception and Love in Zora Neale Hurston’s Work

Here, Alice Walker discusses self-perception and self-love among writers and people of color.

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The Lady with a Beard: ‘If You’ve Got it, Rock it!’

At 25, Harnaam Kaur holds the world record as the youngest woman to have a full beard. For years, she was bullied. Now she’s an Instagram star.

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Harnaam Kaur’s 5 Top Tips for Being a Boss at Body Confidence

No one was made inadequate, and if you feel like you are then you just haven’t discovered yet how incredible you are.

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Kwanzaa and Christmas—the Importance of Cultural Tradition

Kwanzaa was instituted as a means to reaffirm the human agency and cultural dignity of people of African descent. This agency was disrupted during enslavement as persons who owned enslaved Africans, influenced a displacement of practices that were intrinsically African.

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SF Pride for Racial and Economic Justice—2016 Grand Marshal Larry Yang

A teacher of meditation and mindfulness, Larry Yang is committed to serving multicultural, queer and activist communities.

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She Got ADHD: A Black Millennial’s Journey to Self-Acceptance

“My work never adequately represented my effort or my intelligence. No one saw how often I stayed up late to finish projects or how many used sticky notes were pasted all over my room and planner to remind myself of tasks.”

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Saeed Jones

In this clip from Overheard, poet and author Saeed Jones discusses the process of discovering his identity.

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