10-Year-Old Shuts Down Bullies By Launching Clothing Line That Helps People Feel Confident In Their Skin
Meet Kheris Rogers – the 10-year-old who started a clothing line after being bullied for her dark skin.
It all started when her 22-year-old sister Taylor Pollard wanted to make her feel better by posting pictures of Kheris on Twitter with the caption: My sister is only 10, but already royalty #FlexinInHerComplexion. Surprisingly, the tweet went viral with over 83k likes and it eventually not only made Kheris feel better but also encouraged her to create her own clothing line – Flexin’ In My Complexion.
“I’ve been bullied a lot, like in the first grade, I went to school with just four other black kids,” Rogers told Mic. “And kids used to bully me because they weren’t used to my skin tone. There was an incident with a teacher and we had to draw ourselves and she gave us a black crayon instead of a brown crayon, and I was really upset.” But now that Rogers has launched her clothing line, she feels confident as ever: “I feel confident in it myself because, even if I still get picked on because I’m darker, when I put on the T-shirt, it makes me feel bold.” Hopefully, the empowering clothing line will help everyone feel confident in their skin: “I just hope that especially for younger kids, people start to feel more confident in their skin,” Pollard said. “It doesn’t matter how dark or light you are, just knowing that it’s beautiful and that your complexion doesn’t determine your beauty.”
More info: Instagram | flexininmycomplexion.com (h/t: mic)
Meet Kheris Rogers – the 10-year-old who was bullied for her dark skin and decided to do something about it
“I’ve been bullied a lot, like in the first grade, I went to school with just four other black kids,” Rogers said
“And kids used to bully me because they weren’t used to my skin tone”
“There was an incident with a teacher and we had to draw ourselves and she gave us a black crayon instead of a brown crayon, and I was really upset”
Then one day Roger’s sister wanted to make her feel better about her skin so she posted her pics on Twitter with the caption:
“My sister is only 10, but already royalty #FlexinInHerComplexion”
The tweet went viral with over 83k likes and it not only made her feel better but encouraged her to start an empowering t-shirt line
“I feel confident in it myself because, even if I still get picked on because I’m darker, when I put on the T-shirt, it makes me feel bold”
“I just hope that especially for younger kids, people start to feel more confident in their skin,” Pollard said
“It doesn’t matter how dark or light you are, just knowing that it’s beautiful and that your complexion doesn’t determine your beauty”
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Share on FacebookMy friend, who is white, used to be in a mostly black and Hispanic school and was bullied for her skin color. Racism goes both ways.
my oldest daughter is the only white kid in her class(she's half hispanic, but is pale with blonde hair/blue eyes), to my knowledge she's never been bullied. she did have an experience like this girl once, a little girl told her she should color her self portrait with a white crayon, she just laughed and said she wasn't white, she was peach.
Load More Replies...Or maybe a nuclear physicist... neurosurgeon... teacher.... lawyer... project manager
Load More Replies...Strong and cute little girl, BUT Someone should tell her that not only tone of your skin does not matter... Something is not in order when 10 years old child is wearing make-up on her face, isn't it? I am 21 ant not using that s**t
I actually had the same thought. A tad too young for make up.
Load More Replies...She is beautiful and so are the clothes but those fake lashes at just 10 are a little too much...
This 10 YEAR OLD is doing more for this world at such a young age. You go girl! An inspiration to all
I don't understand people. We all know kids will be kids, and peer pressure can be brutal...but this is why it is so important that parents not only tell them to be respectful, but set a good example by being respectful themselves.
Not bad for a 10 year year old! The 'courage & act-on-it factor' is high here. Many of us face ordeals & just don't know what to do, or how to (?) deal with it (I am guilty i admit :D ). And then I come across this ... & she's 10 for crying out loud!!!
It looks like she has already has the best support you could ask for in her family. beautiful girl and beautiful family. I can say my tid bit on bullying but its not worth spoiling the strength of this family. good job.
She's so pretty. Know this is a normal reaction, but it's true.
YES! I'm so glad of this girl and her idea of making a clothesline. Honestly, we all stem from Africa anyways, so we're all very distant-distant-distant-distantly related in a sort.
When I was in first grade I was the only white kid in a mostly black/Hispanic class. I also used to put on makeup that was darker than my skin because I hated being white in a mostly Black/Hispanic school that was when I was nine now I am 10 and I still sometimes do it but I understand that every race is beautiful in its own way because of its history and/or cultural background so it's not just the Caucasian race, African American race, and Hispanic, etc. Before you come at me I know I am really young but I want to share this!
OMG her clothes are soo pretty i dont get why she is getting bullied
Young Lady, people can be so cruel. But thanks to your sister, and your talent, you've turned a negative into a positive. What a wonderful way to shut up negative people by using your brains and creative talents to make money and launch your own clothing line. Kudos to YOU! This is definitely going to turn into something big. And by the way, YOU'RE GORGEOUS! You have perfect teeth, perfect smile, perfect hair, and a perfect complexion. Let the hater hate. Keep on pushing, making money, being your own boss and Being A Success. Bless.
Holy God I can't imagine this girl being bullied. She is incredibly beautiful. She's also clearly got a head for business and a supportive family. I guess we all have to go through things and it's how you react to adversity that sets you apart from the commoners. Well, that and being exceptionally beautiful doesn't hurt one little bit. Good on her for elevating herself.
SOO CUTE! And I think that we shouldn't care about others, just be yourself! Great inspiration! THX
I'm really glad she's exposing this kind of bullying and doing something to counter it.
Oml I swear, she is a blessing from God. She is the cutest most strong and independent 10 year old girl I have ever seen.
Shes going to end up with one of the most sexiest light skinned men. One with green eyes and so exotic looking. Her star has begun to shine in only a decade! It can happen like that these days.
I am not "getting" it- she is not unusually dark. Frankly if she were - what does that even mean? She is a human color. Maybe if she were green or blue it might be unusual. Regardless, she is absolutely beautiful and I am sure has a career in modeling ahead of her. Go little one! Take the world by storm! ♥
Wow! She has beautiful dark brown skin! I think the other kids were jealous of how beautiful her skin color is.
Her parents should get real. Looking like a drag queen at 10 years old is not nice. No wonder she gets bullied
This makes me wanna cry, it shows that we should judge only action, not any skin tone.... If there is any of those people, I don't care, I will love them from a distance and live by gods rules. In His eyes we are beautiful and important...
some Vietnamese friends said that my complexion was black although I had yellow skin. I didnt care. I just thought that their skins were white, their eyes and their brains were white too because they cant discriminate between black color and yellow color.
Why does she look like she has a lot of make up and false eyelashes on for being a 10 year old. Seems odd to me that she needs all that.
Damn! That's really sad. I hope she knows that she's really beautiful!
I think that the teacher made an innocent mistake. Its very difficult to know what is politically correct these days. Black people don't want to be called brown, they want to be called black. Maybe the teacher was just trying to be politically correct by giving her a black crayon?
What a goddess! Not just beautiful, but smart, compassionate, active. Mad props.
She does look like royalty :-) Dear God, I wonder if this racism madness will ever stop. It is just so INSANE!
What a strong,beautiful little girl.Whatever she decides to do when she grows up,I'm sure she will approach it with the same determination and positivity she has starting her clothing line and modelling it at such a young age.
oh wow! How beautiful she is! I love her skin color and looove her eyes, they say everything! <3
* or "tell everything" don't know what's correct in this sentence...
Load More Replies...She is a beautiful young girl. I hope she won't care about others opinion. anymoroe
oh babe, you are so beautifull!! to be honest, i was bullied too - the only redhead child (well, our country isn't very multicultural so we are all "white" - but i'm literally white as a corpse just with baige freckles. yeah, and orange hair.) I can say it's quite alike as being darker than others. It's rather xenophobia than racism. but i' always been pretty proud of my red hair! :D
I can't comprehend teasing someone about skin colour .. I'm not even sure how it registered in a kid's head. I'm sorry she has to deal with this ridiculous behaviour.
I really don't get how skin color can be a reason someone to be bullied! Me, personally, I am so white, pale and my skin is too thin almost transparent, over sensitive to sun and all unpleasant climate effects - cold, wind, dusty air. And I find nothing good in it. I admire dark-skinned people. They look so pretty to me!
Everyone is pretty, their skin color makes no difference
Load More Replies...Sure her skin is brown and not black. So what? Does everybody here honestly think the teacher was purposely trying to send her a message? If so, what would that message be? A darker shade of crayon is neither positive nor negative. The teacher just handed out a poor choice of crayon relative to her real skin color. Big dead. Seriously people, get a grip. Plus, some black people do have skin that's almost black so it's not like the crayon would never be used for a black person. I used to live right next to a community where most of the people were way closer to jet black than brown. This story makes me wonder what the other "bullying" was like if this is what was chosen as the example. This girl looks like she's going to be gorgeous. Life treats the attractive woman quite well so this, (according to the only information I have on the matter, which is article), is just clickbait. She'll be fine. Sheesh.
My friend, who is white, used to be in a mostly black and Hispanic school and was bullied for her skin color. Racism goes both ways.
my oldest daughter is the only white kid in her class(she's half hispanic, but is pale with blonde hair/blue eyes), to my knowledge she's never been bullied. she did have an experience like this girl once, a little girl told her she should color her self portrait with a white crayon, she just laughed and said she wasn't white, she was peach.
Load More Replies...Or maybe a nuclear physicist... neurosurgeon... teacher.... lawyer... project manager
Load More Replies...Strong and cute little girl, BUT Someone should tell her that not only tone of your skin does not matter... Something is not in order when 10 years old child is wearing make-up on her face, isn't it? I am 21 ant not using that s**t
I actually had the same thought. A tad too young for make up.
Load More Replies...She is beautiful and so are the clothes but those fake lashes at just 10 are a little too much...
This 10 YEAR OLD is doing more for this world at such a young age. You go girl! An inspiration to all
I don't understand people. We all know kids will be kids, and peer pressure can be brutal...but this is why it is so important that parents not only tell them to be respectful, but set a good example by being respectful themselves.
Not bad for a 10 year year old! The 'courage & act-on-it factor' is high here. Many of us face ordeals & just don't know what to do, or how to (?) deal with it (I am guilty i admit :D ). And then I come across this ... & she's 10 for crying out loud!!!
It looks like she has already has the best support you could ask for in her family. beautiful girl and beautiful family. I can say my tid bit on bullying but its not worth spoiling the strength of this family. good job.
She's so pretty. Know this is a normal reaction, but it's true.
YES! I'm so glad of this girl and her idea of making a clothesline. Honestly, we all stem from Africa anyways, so we're all very distant-distant-distant-distantly related in a sort.
When I was in first grade I was the only white kid in a mostly black/Hispanic class. I also used to put on makeup that was darker than my skin because I hated being white in a mostly Black/Hispanic school that was when I was nine now I am 10 and I still sometimes do it but I understand that every race is beautiful in its own way because of its history and/or cultural background so it's not just the Caucasian race, African American race, and Hispanic, etc. Before you come at me I know I am really young but I want to share this!
OMG her clothes are soo pretty i dont get why she is getting bullied
Young Lady, people can be so cruel. But thanks to your sister, and your talent, you've turned a negative into a positive. What a wonderful way to shut up negative people by using your brains and creative talents to make money and launch your own clothing line. Kudos to YOU! This is definitely going to turn into something big. And by the way, YOU'RE GORGEOUS! You have perfect teeth, perfect smile, perfect hair, and a perfect complexion. Let the hater hate. Keep on pushing, making money, being your own boss and Being A Success. Bless.
Holy God I can't imagine this girl being bullied. She is incredibly beautiful. She's also clearly got a head for business and a supportive family. I guess we all have to go through things and it's how you react to adversity that sets you apart from the commoners. Well, that and being exceptionally beautiful doesn't hurt one little bit. Good on her for elevating herself.
SOO CUTE! And I think that we shouldn't care about others, just be yourself! Great inspiration! THX
I'm really glad she's exposing this kind of bullying and doing something to counter it.
Oml I swear, she is a blessing from God. She is the cutest most strong and independent 10 year old girl I have ever seen.
Shes going to end up with one of the most sexiest light skinned men. One with green eyes and so exotic looking. Her star has begun to shine in only a decade! It can happen like that these days.
I am not "getting" it- she is not unusually dark. Frankly if she were - what does that even mean? She is a human color. Maybe if she were green or blue it might be unusual. Regardless, she is absolutely beautiful and I am sure has a career in modeling ahead of her. Go little one! Take the world by storm! ♥
Wow! She has beautiful dark brown skin! I think the other kids were jealous of how beautiful her skin color is.
Her parents should get real. Looking like a drag queen at 10 years old is not nice. No wonder she gets bullied
This makes me wanna cry, it shows that we should judge only action, not any skin tone.... If there is any of those people, I don't care, I will love them from a distance and live by gods rules. In His eyes we are beautiful and important...
some Vietnamese friends said that my complexion was black although I had yellow skin. I didnt care. I just thought that their skins were white, their eyes and their brains were white too because they cant discriminate between black color and yellow color.
Why does she look like she has a lot of make up and false eyelashes on for being a 10 year old. Seems odd to me that she needs all that.
Damn! That's really sad. I hope she knows that she's really beautiful!
I think that the teacher made an innocent mistake. Its very difficult to know what is politically correct these days. Black people don't want to be called brown, they want to be called black. Maybe the teacher was just trying to be politically correct by giving her a black crayon?
What a goddess! Not just beautiful, but smart, compassionate, active. Mad props.
She does look like royalty :-) Dear God, I wonder if this racism madness will ever stop. It is just so INSANE!
What a strong,beautiful little girl.Whatever she decides to do when she grows up,I'm sure she will approach it with the same determination and positivity she has starting her clothing line and modelling it at such a young age.
oh wow! How beautiful she is! I love her skin color and looove her eyes, they say everything! <3
* or "tell everything" don't know what's correct in this sentence...
Load More Replies...She is a beautiful young girl. I hope she won't care about others opinion. anymoroe
oh babe, you are so beautifull!! to be honest, i was bullied too - the only redhead child (well, our country isn't very multicultural so we are all "white" - but i'm literally white as a corpse just with baige freckles. yeah, and orange hair.) I can say it's quite alike as being darker than others. It's rather xenophobia than racism. but i' always been pretty proud of my red hair! :D
I can't comprehend teasing someone about skin colour .. I'm not even sure how it registered in a kid's head. I'm sorry she has to deal with this ridiculous behaviour.
I really don't get how skin color can be a reason someone to be bullied! Me, personally, I am so white, pale and my skin is too thin almost transparent, over sensitive to sun and all unpleasant climate effects - cold, wind, dusty air. And I find nothing good in it. I admire dark-skinned people. They look so pretty to me!
Everyone is pretty, their skin color makes no difference
Load More Replies...Sure her skin is brown and not black. So what? Does everybody here honestly think the teacher was purposely trying to send her a message? If so, what would that message be? A darker shade of crayon is neither positive nor negative. The teacher just handed out a poor choice of crayon relative to her real skin color. Big dead. Seriously people, get a grip. Plus, some black people do have skin that's almost black so it's not like the crayon would never be used for a black person. I used to live right next to a community where most of the people were way closer to jet black than brown. This story makes me wonder what the other "bullying" was like if this is what was chosen as the example. This girl looks like she's going to be gorgeous. Life treats the attractive woman quite well so this, (according to the only information I have on the matter, which is article), is just clickbait. She'll be fine. Sheesh.
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