Reflective Essay: White Discrimination In My Community
Reflective Essay
Growing up as a minority often hindered my interactions and changed my perspective of the people around me. Because of the dominating white supremacy in my community, I was forced to believe that being white was "better" and people with a fairer skin tone were "prettier" than my darker complexion. My friend, especially, made me feel that my skin tone only put me at a disadvantage. Throughout grade school, I was always the one with the short end of the stick often because people knew I was different. The severity increased when I entered middle school where I was pushed around and teased because I wasn't "pretty" enough and the only one with a darker complexion that was different from the standard white American. The
Growing up as a minority often hindered my interactions and changed my perspective of the people around me. Because of the dominating white supremacy in my community, I was forced to believe that being white was "better" and people with a fairer skin tone were "prettier" than my darker complexion. My friend, especially, made me feel that my skin tone only put me at a disadvantage. Throughout grade school, I was always the one with the short end of the stick often because people knew I was different. The severity increased when I entered middle school where I was pushed around and teased because I wasn't "pretty" enough and the only one with a darker complexion that was different from the standard white American. The