❝you vandalize my perception but can't take style from me.❞
a safe-haven for black kids. participate in questionnaires, meet other like-minded individuals, and have open discussions about everything pertaining to the black community.
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hey, guys! mai's back, that's me, and i want to talk about unity in the black community—something essential in any country in which black people feel unsafe and alone. so let's get started, shall we?
these questions probably relate more to black kids in America, so if you're in another country and whatnot these might seem confusing to you. especially the last paragraph, but we'll save that for later.
—✿: what race do you hang around in school? what race are majority of your friends? do you feel safer or more in-tune with your black or non-black friends?
after all of my years of attending a school with a fairly even ratio of black and white kids, i've realized that "self-segregation" happens from a young age—often after pre-school.
during kindergarten and first grade, i attended a school in which all of the students were black and we had only one white teacher. yet after i was transitioned into a more diverse school, i had to assimilate to the school's climate and learn how to tone-down my aggressiveness. and by aggressiveness, i'm not just saying that. if the students stared at me for too long then i would buck at them and frown up.
after my first few months at the school, most of my friends were white and i seemed to distance myself from the black kids because they didn't really offer to voluntarily socialize with me. not only that, but all of the black kids already knew each other and rode the bus together, so i was the odd man out.
in middle school, i grew out of those white friends and started looking for people that didn't befriend me out of guilt. in sixth grade i hung out with black people, yet i was "too white" for them. imagine that.
i was too black for the white kids and too white for the black kids. my ebonics sounded like a different language and my perfectly formed syntax made me sound like i was a nerd.
now that i'm in high school, all of my friends and acquaintances are black because i've finally learned how to switch between ain't and are not when needed.
—✿: do particular races seem to hang out with their peers more often where you're from? if so, why do you think that this occurs?
okay, at my school, if you walked into the cafeteria during the morning or any lunch period, you'll see all of the black kids sitting towards the food area and the white kids on the other side of the cafeteria.
