I am a high school freshman. In 8th grade, a hispanic boy walked up to me as I was reading at my desk. He slammed his hand on my desk and yelled "YOU'RE A F***ING G R I N G O, WHITE GIRL! GO TO HELL!"
I looked up and replied, somewhat loudly, "Just because you're hispanic doesn't mean you can say that to me!"
He started screaming that I was a f***ing racist. The (white) teacher had been watching all of this, according to the other kids in class, not just my friends. She swooped down on me and started screaming about how racist I was. I asked why I was racist- he called me a g r i n g o, I said he was hispanic. She didn't reply, just took me to the principal's office. They, having been regaled with the tale of my horrible bias, gave me a stern lecture on why I shouldn't go around being racist, and threatened me with suspension if something similar happened again. Similar things happen frequently, that was just the worst example. Why is it that racist?
2007-03-21
11:39:25
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Halcyon
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