Im racist and i dont want to be!
Im an asian living in la. I went to a private, korean school where I had no idea there were people with brown skin. In elementary school, I was surrounded by hispanics, and I had no problem with that. I was not racist, I didnt discriminate against them, and most of my friends were hispanic. I had no problem, but some people there were very mean to me. They would call me uh.. "China" but pronounced "Cheena"? Btw im not chinese. Also, in second grade an african american would constantly push me around and hit me when no one was watching. I had done nothing against him and truth be told, I didnt even know him. Thankfully the teachers found out and I was saved, but I would always be unrationally scared whenever I met an african american, which was stupid since I have great friends who are a.a. I was always studious and wore glasses, so that obviously didnt help.
In 6th grade my mom sent me to a charter school thinking it would help, and I guess it depended on which parts you thought about if you wanted to know if it did help at all. On one hand, i made many friends, unlike in elementary, since I was always so introverted, and I think I didint have much of a personality.. On the other hand, my alrdy small self-esteem was made even smaller, due to the teasing.
Before I could finish the year the school was unceremoniously closed down, so I went to a bigger, much scarier regular school. At first, I couldnt even hear anyone because it was too loud. I wasnt as shunned as I had expected, and at first I thought I would be accepted. I was so wary and scared of rejection though, that I ended up staying in a corner of the school, feeling oh so pathetic and stupid. The next year it was so much better, and I even got to retorting against ppl who bullied me over being asian and different, but the feeling of being an outsider remained. I kept thinking of myself as "better" than them, which is totally bs. I made myself think that it didnt matter if they hurt me, bullied me, or w/e, because I was, and would be someone much better than "Them." I didnt act racist, I didnt say anything about my..thinking to anyone, but I kept that idea as my..motivation. Many times I had unfortunately thought about suicide, and even now I have thoughts about them. I dont want to be racist. Even with my best friends (who are all hispanic and a.a)I have an uncontrollable idea that Im better than them. I never say it but I ALWAYS think it.