here my whole life. My mother is mexican and my father is black. I grew up thinking that I was slightly different from everyone else but not really looking at it in a negative manner. Racism didn’t seem like a big deal because i have never personally had to deal with it and it still seems like a far off idea‚ one that is there but not connected to me. My father works for the Anacortes Police Department where he is a detective but used to do patrols around the city. Sometimes he would tell me stories
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“You ready buddy?” I heard my uncle call. I nodded in response “Yes sir!” “Well let’s get to it then” he replied. He wheeled the cherry red bicycle from the side of the house into the empty driveway. “Hop on” he said. I did as I was told. I was a nervous wreck as I climbed onto the two wheeled wonder that stood before me. The leather from the seat was of course extremely hot from the heat of the sun and scorched my leg as I sat down. I guess my anxiety showed because my uncle said “Don’t worry bud
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experienced racism‚ I was a young naïve 18 year old girl. It was my first year in college right out of high school‚ and it was my first time outside of my predominately black world. I had just moved to San Bernardino‚ Ca to attend college‚ from South Central Los Angeles. I had gone to an all-black high school‚ attended an all-black church and at the time had all black friends. I remember the first day my family packed me up and we headed off to my new life in college. I had only been in school for a little
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My experience with words goes way back. Much like Sherman Alexie‚ I was very young when first exposed to words‚ so young I can’t remember there being a time before books were a part of my life. I imagine my mother was was reading to me since my first day of life. She would read me story after story in the quiet hours before bedtime‚ stories about fantastic creatures and magical places. I never wanted the stories to end. Before I could fully understand words I had loved them. When I finally grew
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Last October had been one of the most eye opening moments for me. I had been diagnosed with a life altering disease‚ which is closely related to diabetes. I found out that my body creates over twice the amount of insulin I need‚ working my pancreas too hard creating an abundance of problems. I have had to learn so much‚ and change so many aspects of my life because of this disease and the problems it creates. A lot of things lead up to my diagnosis‚ but it wasn’t an easy road to take. At first I experienced
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My mandala represents everything in my life that I find important. Above all‚ I would consider individuality to be the most important. I represented this by placing a snowflake in the core of my mandala; this makes sense‚ because no two snowflakes are alike. Being unique is important to me‚ because I strongly believe in being true to yourself. The core of my mandala correlates with everything else‚ because all the symbols surrounding the center make up the person I am today. Another symbol shown
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I have learned that my color not only earned me inferiority in the society‚ but it’s a weapon in itself. There are various issues I had to deal with on the daily basis that white people don’t have to experience‚ if so maybe not often. Here is a list of five examples of unearned white privileges that I cannot relate to by Peggy McIntosh. 1. I can go shopping alone most of the time‚ pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed. 2. I do not have to educate my children to be aware
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frightening experience of my life happened about seven months ago when my friends and I went to the feast of Valletta and many people were there. Some of them were a little bit drunk or people celebrating like crazy because they are obsessed fans of the feast. We decided take a short cut for the bus to go back home and instead of passing from Republic street we passed from a little street that was all dark and scary. After some time I realized that we were lost. I was very afraid and so were my friends
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you about it being very easy to work with people around the world. Although I think that language could get in the way. I really look forward to going over seas to be able to get the experience. This is one thing that I really can’t wait to experience in the military. Overall a lot of people can take something great away from high school. Whether it be the great learning‚ a lifelong friendship‚ or maybe even a high school sweetheart. In my experience over what seems like forever I have obviously learned
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Experiences as a Writer Hope Williams Dr. Kelley A Gordon ENG 090 – Writing Fundamentals March 16‚ 2013 Writing has never been my favorite subject in school; I have had to write in many different forms throughout my life. I have written different items from essays to emails. I have had good experiences and bad experiences. My different experiences in writing have been story writing in high school‚ Science lab reports in my previous college and writing corporate emails at
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