{"id":6491,"date":"2015-06-24T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T08:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2015-06-24T08:59:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T08:59:34","slug":"dressed-up-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/dressed-up-disney","title":{"rendered":"A Young Girl Was Racially Abused for Dressing Up As A Disney Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Something disturbing happened&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>A hateful attack<\/h2>\n<p>While the two were waiting in line, a woman turned around and told Samara she did not understand why she was <em>&#8220;dressed up for because Queen Elsa isn\u2019t black&#8221;<\/em>. When her mother asked the woman what she meant by her comment, one of the woman&#8217;s daughters reportedly screwed up her face, pointed at Samara, who is aboriginal, and said <em>\u201cyou\u2019re black and black is ugly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6494\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/CIJlZ67W8AEh609.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/CIJlZ67W8AEh609.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/CIJlZ67W8AEh609-571x300.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CIJlZ67W8AEh609.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The poor girl was devastated<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Samara was so affected by the words that were said, that she was moved to tears. \u00a0Afterwards, she refused to go to her weekly Aboriginal dance class. \u00a0<em>&#8220;When I asked why she didn\u2019t want to go, she pointed at the skin on her arm and asked why she was black,&#8221;<\/em> her mother said. \u00a0Rachel vented her frustrations on Facebook.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6495\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-10.18.28-AM.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-10.18.28-AM.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-10.18.28-AM-565x300.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-23-at-10.18.28-AM-600x319.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A supportive response<\/h2>\n<p>When news spread of the altercation, the world was on Samara\u2019s side. The little girl received letters and messages of support from all around the globe. Samara was on the front page of her local newspaper and was even interviewed on television. The press called her a princess\u00a0and surely made her feel like one. Her mother says: <em>\u201cShe is back to her proud, beautiful Aboriginal self.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6497\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/CHu7QWXWgAAC2c2.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/CHu7QWXWgAAC2c2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/CHu7QWXWgAAC2c2-481x300.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/these-5-stories-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0These 5 Stories Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity.<\/a><\/h3>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div 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