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Disability Advocate Lizzie Velasquez Isn’t Here for Offensive TikTok Prank That Used Her Face
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Motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez is sounding off after a viral TikTok video featuring her image was used as part of a #FacetimePrank.
The video films a mom showing her son a picture of Velasquez claiming that it’s his new school teacher, to which the boy responds with fear.
In her TikTok post in response, Velasquez denounced the prank, saying it’s up to parents to teach children to be accepting of people who don’t look like them. “If you are an adult who has a young human in your life please do not teach them that being scared of someone who doesn’t look like them is OK,” she said. “Everything that these kids need to know about empathy and being kind to one another starts at home.” Velasquez, who is on TikTok as “LittleLizzieA” has
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