Black Girls' Positive Self-Images
'I Did Not Ask To Be Born Black. I Just Got Lucky,' Honors Black Girls' Positive Self-Images. By JILL KAUFMAN NEPM – Shirley Jackson Whitaker says her recent children's book, "I Did Not Ask To Be Born Black. I Just Got Lucky," is a way to help little girls who are Black have positive self-images. And it's a way to celebrate their beauty.