There’s a misconception that only a certain demographic of people can have light colored eyes and different colors and textures of hair naturally. This can cause a lot of frustration for people on the receiving end of someone else’s disbelief and curiosity.
One mom has been dealing with hurtful assumptions since her daughter was born, all because her dark-skinned Black daughter was born with crystal blue eyes. Cheryl Neufville Neufville took to social media to address the hate and rumors once and for all.
In the video Neufville shares that as soon as her daughter was born the doctor said he wanted to get the little girl’s eyes checked for cataracts due to the color. But some of the most presumptuous comments come from people outside of the medical field.
The mom has been accused of editing not only her daughter’s eyes but her husband’s eyes too, since her husband is the one that passed down the blue eyes. People have accused her of putting contacts in her toddler daughter’s eyes, which seems like a herculean feat if we’re being honest. Toddlers are deceptively quick and strong for tiny people with oversized noggins.
While the comments likely frustrate her, she took the comments as an opportunity to educate people. Neufville shows several pictures of her husband’s side of the family before moving on to the education bit. Every one of them have blue eyes and according to the mom, this goes back at least seven generations.
“Now with even all of this, there are still going to be people who do and say whatever they want but I just wanted to make a few things clear. This idea that a certain feature on someone is only reserved for a certain demographic of people is extremely damaging and it can be harmful to families like mine,” shares Neufville.
The mom reveals that she’s had people “slap” her baby to wake her up to see if she actually had blue eyes. She closes the video by reminding people that just because someone hasn’t seen something with their own eyes doesn’t mean that something’s not true. Watch her entire video below, you’ll even get a peek at her precious blue eyed baby trying to steal the show.
@heyy..cheryl #greenscreen a quick little lesson 🌈🥰🦋✨💕🍄🌺