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A 7-year-old raises $23,000 to buy skin-colored crayons and multicultural books for her California school
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Washington Post
Posted: January 18th, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/15/7-year-o...
A few months ago, 7-year-old Madison Wilson was watching the Disney movie “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” at her home in Solvang, Calif., when her mother heard her say, “Finally, there’s a brown person!” Madison was talking about the character Conall ... whose skin color is similar to her own. It was a contrast to most movies she sees where “there are only peach people,” Madison told her mother, Vashti Wilson. Madison said she was also frustrated that there wasn’t a brown color in her crayon box that properly represented the color of her skin when she drew pictures of herself. Wilson wanted her daughter to feel empowered, so she asked her, “Do you have some ideas?” Madison did, in fact. Madison had learned that Crayola was planning to release a new box of Colors of the World skin-tone crayons this summer. According to the Crayola website, “Crayola Colors of the World Crayons contain 24 specially formulated colors representing people of the world.” Madison wanted to get some for her school, and also books that include characters of color. “But then we learned that due to covid-19, every child would have to have their own box of crayons,” Wilson said. “So a few weeks ago, we decided to start a fundraiser.” When word got out about Madison’s cause, donations began to pour in. Since June 19, more than $23,000 has been raised — enough to buy books, crayons and construction paper in a variety of multicultural hues for ... nearly 500 children.
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