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Growing up in the '90s, the concept of "Black girl magic" didn't exist. Not as a mindset, and certainly not as a representation in pop culture.

When Halloween came around and my peers were watching Marnie Piper unearth her Cromwell gifts, I wondered what little magic Black girls from New Jersey could possess. I found it difficult to picture — the whole wand and magic combo. Even pretending to cast spells felt unnatural and discouraged in my church-every-Sunday Christian household. If I had a problem I needed to make disappear, I was expected to pray about it and let God handle the rest. Now don't get me wrong, I'm still a Christian and believe in the power of prayer. But would it have hurt to foster a little p

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