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As Early As Second Grade I Remember Feeling Really Different And Isolated. I Had The Hugest Crush On A Boy, And My Best Friend Had A Crush On Him, Too. One Day He Said To Me, 'i Like Your Best Friend More Because She's Paler And She Has Freckles.' And It Was Right Then That I Began To Feel Like, Oh Wow, I'm Different.

-America Ferrera

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As Early As Second Grade I Remember

America Ferrera

As Early As Second Grade I Remember Feeling Really Different And Isolated. I Had The Hugest Crush On A Boy, And My Best Friend Had A Crush On Him, Too. One Day He Said To Me, 'i Like Your Best Friend More Because She's Paler And She Has Freckles.' And It Was Right Then That I Began To Feel Like, Oh Wow, I'm Different.

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