In the article “Looking in The Mirror” by Spicozzi, she talks about her skin tone and how it has mentally affected her as the years went on.  “In kindergarten, I drew myself with a brown crayon, but with each passing year the crayons I picked got lighter and lighter. So, did my self-portraits. By fifth grade, instead of a brown-skinned Latin girl whose mother was from Uruguay, I was whitewashing myself to look the way I wished others would see me.” She talks about growing up around racism, negative self-image, and even self-hatred. She asks, “How does this happen, and what can we do about it?” I think that skin color shouldn’t affect how a person feels about themselves or how other people feel about different skin tones. Underneath each person’s skin is the same color blood and the same organs. Everyone has a heart, it’s just up to them to use it in a positive way.