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In 1967, the Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in America. Devin Hughes was born two years later to a black father and white mother who fled to Washington DC to escape the racism of the Deep South. Bigotry still ran rampant up North, and light-skinned, greeneyed Devin felt its pull from both ends: strangers who didn't know he was half-black and friends who didn't care he was half-white. In racial limbo, Devin found himself more consumed with his dysfunctional family life-a father who offered an alternative "street" education and a mother whose drug use zombified her for most of...

Today's children are riddled with shots that chip away at their self-esteem and self-worth. From bullying--whether overt or passive--to learning disabilities to familial dysfunction to peer pressure, they are constantly under fire. Positive self-talk, a concept culled from Devin C. Hughes' autobiography Contrast, is a crucial, effective strategy anyone can use to build their self-esteem and self-worth. This version of the Self Talk comic includes a short series of worksheets for use at home or in the classroom.