[Jane]

I went to a high school that was 50 percent white and 50 percent minority. Some non-white people did and still do things I can’t figure out – like black men who spit when they see me coming. I don’t know them personally, and it’s happened a few times, by different black men who I’ve never met. They don’t know me. Why would they do such a thing? Also, white people got made fun of for reading books, ‘acting’ or talking white, i.e. If you wanted to be accepted by certain non-white people, you had to use their slang and listen to rap. Rock was for losers. Anyone who listened to rock, no matter what kind of rock, was automatically labeled a ‘hippie.’ I soon learned such nice words as puta, vendeja, cabrona – again, hurled at me by people who didn’t even know me. Did I ever make a comment about them in front of them, hurtfully? Never. It stuns me that some people think they have the authority to make these judgment calls.

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Name : Jane, Gender : F, City : Mansfield, State : CT, Country : United States, 

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