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Mother designs cards for babies of colour due to 'lack of representation'

Many parents now mark milestones in their baby’s early life with cards and other mementos.

But Deborah Ajaja, from Locksbottom, south-east London, could only find cards that pictured babies with white skin.

In response, she designed her own line of cards for black and biracial children.

Video Journalist: Paul Murphy-Kasp

15 June 2021

Babies & toddlers

Race and ethnicity

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