“Racism was the worst in elementary school.”
to share their experiences with racial microaggressions they faced as one of the few people of color at a predominantly white school. Here are their responses:"I went to a predominantly white private school. As a person of color, everyone assumed I was only there on a scholarship and couldn’t afford it otherwise.
As an adult, I'm a music teacher in an elementary school, and I am 1 of 4 staff out of 90 who represent BIPOC. A few years back, some of my colleagues were talking in the staff lounge and made the joke that they needed their nails done, and they should ask me. They also asked if I would do their dry cleaning as well.""I'm mixed and go to a mostly white school, and I hear a lot of racist stuff, like I'm part of the KKK, or people make fun of my hair.
"I got bullied a lot for having a 'flat face,' for my hair being darker than everyone else’s, and for my eyes. If I, god forbid, slipped up and spoke Japanese at school, I got laughed at. I got made fun of for liking Sanrio things . It was also teachers — I got pushed into advanced math when I was solid, but not great at it, so I just felt overwhelmed by math all the time. I had chronic headaches from stress, and my parents met with the principal to possibly transfer me .
"To this day, I’m uncomfortable being the center of attention in a big group. Boys would say, 'I’d totally date you if you weren’t Black,' or I got the 'you’re so pretty FOR A BLACK GIRL' comments. When we'd learn about slavery, they would stare at me and make awful comments. This really did a number on my self-esteem until I was in high school/college and got to be around more POCs.
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