Cocoa girl, the name of the annoying magazine

A mother created the UK's first magazine for black girls. But "Cocoa Girl" is singled out because the magazine's name is deemed "pejorative" and is said to be "another example of division".

London mom Serlina Boyd founded the first magazine for little black girls. The idea of Cocoa girl came to her when she couldn't find magazines "appropriate"for his 6 year old daughter Faith. "A lot of black kids are growing up and they don't see themselves in the media and the books … It's important to us that black kids have a post that speaks to them.", explained the mom on the set of Good Morning Britain.

The mother started the magazine as a business while in lockdown but soon realized there was a real request in the market for publication.

The editor explained that it was good for all children to be able to find their way around magazines, but that it was difficult for black children. "That's why we decided to not just do Cocoa Girl, but Cocoa Boy. It's all about culture and inspiring them. "

However, Internet users have judged the name of the publication "pejorative" and may result in division. "Cocoa Girl Magazine is just another example of a division, "" What a hypocrite. What can you call Cocoa magazine? Certainly, if we start to say what's right and wrong, then that's derogatory. "," I thought the goal was equality", could we read on Twitter. Some netizens claimed that by creating a magazine for black children it could "create a bigger gap between blacks and whites ”.

However, the mother does not intend to create a ditch, on the contrary. The editor just wants to make sure that with the help of this magazine the black children can finally find role models who look like them so that they "can actually see what they can accomplish in life. "

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