Friday, September 3, 2010
He Said What?
Going to mostly predominantly white schools, there were a lot of stereotypes i had to face. Some people have not had the diversity in there school that others have, so when they met me it completly through off what they thought a black person sounded like. So there was a lot of times during middle school especially where i had to deal with things like "Justin say something black" or something a long those lines. So that was one of the things i had to deal with was convincing people that not all black people talk like rappers.
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Its sucks to be a victim of stereotyping cause its like if you a copy of other people so anything they do you do. I guess that shows how ignorant some people are.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand where you are coming from! I went to a predominantly all white school as well so I know exactly what you are talking about, but at least you were able to break down these stereotypes and show them not all black people are like that.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that Justin! However, you didn't answer the part of the prompt that asks you to reflect on how you could use literacy to counter this...
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