While I did not go to an all girls school, I know all too well what you mean. I, myself, am a black female, and when I was in high school, I very much was not accepted by my own race. Infact, a majority of them bullied me, and I found myself more disrespected and bullied by other black females than any other race or gender. I believe the reason why this is was because I did not fit into the stereotype, and in other words I didn't "act black". On the side of that, I happen to be a light skinned, long haired black girl which immediatly stereotyped me as someone who was stuck up. Although I never felt I was better than anyone, and was much happier minding my own business, the other black girls didin't see that, and they saw everything with me as either competition or a way to humiliate me.
My advice to you is to ignore them. Ignorance is bliss, and there is nothing you can do to change their opinions of you. I say, just be yourself, and don't try to fit in with or be accepted by anyone. Love yourself for who you are. Just because you are a certain race does not mean that you have to act the stereotype of that race, and if someone can not accept that about you then they are drowning in their own foolishness.
Is it normal to be rejected by your own ethnicity in school?
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While I did not go to an all girls school, I know all too well what you mean. I, myself, am a black female, and when I was in high school, I very much was not accepted by my own race. Infact, a majority of them bullied me, and I found myself more disrespected and bullied by other black females than any other race or gender. I believe the reason why this is was because I did not fit into the stereotype, and in other words I didn't "act black". On the side of that, I happen to be a light skinned, long haired black girl which immediatly stereotyped me as someone who was stuck up. Although I never felt I was better than anyone, and was much happier minding my own business, the other black girls didin't see that, and they saw everything with me as either competition or a way to humiliate me.
My advice to you is to ignore them. Ignorance is bliss, and there is nothing you can do to change their opinions of you. I say, just be yourself, and don't try to fit in with or be accepted by anyone. Love yourself for who you are. Just because you are a certain race does not mean that you have to act the stereotype of that race, and if someone can not accept that about you then they are drowning in their own foolishness.