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Look: Here's How This Little Girl Turned a Racist Fail School Assignment to 'Dress Like an Indian' Into a Win

Nyemah Greenhouse is the future of #blackgirlmagic.
  • Elementary School assignments are often pretty cliche, yet when 5-year-old Nyemah Greenhouse of Louisiana was told to 'dress like an Indian' for school, her mother, Tremeka, had a better idea

  • Nyemah went to school dressed as a protester of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has more relevance to Native Americans

  • Once Nyemah's sister tweeted the photo, it instantly became a viral hit

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  • Many criticized the school for the offensive assignment

  • However, Tremeka said the school is pretty good and this was just one bad assignment

    “It really is a good school,” Tremeka told BuzzFeed News. “We just weren’t fond of this particular project. I hope that they don’t receive any backlash.”

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