Tiffany DeWitt said a racist comment directed toward her 9-year-old African-American daughter Brooklyn inspired an “American Girls of All Nations” entry in the Southeast Alaska State Fair Wearable Art Show.
Brooklyn’s friends include Kate and Allison Benda, two sisters with Thai heritage; Scarlette and Isabelle Alamillo, who are of Russian and Mexican descent; and Natalie Grant, an Alaska Native.
“I started thinking, ‘You guys have the greatest heritages. You should celebrate them,’” DeWitt said in…
