Personal Narrative: The Challenges Of Being Black

Being black comes with its own challenges speak Black and Hispanic is a new challenge altogether. my skin was never dark enough to fit in with the black kids my skin was never light enough to be considered for the Puerto Rican kids I never quite fit in. I couldn't give people what they expect of me I could not step dance in a proper way, my Spanish didn’t always roll off the tongue easily. expectations could be different depending on who I was with, but one expectation always remained the same. it was expected that I would feel and everything I wouldn't do. failure was always my best shot. Except I don't always meet expectations I always exceed them, I do not and have not failed. throughout elementary school middle school and even at the high school level my grades remain
Although I had success much of it came with retribution, because not many people could believe that I, the expected failure, would come out with success and would come out with the success that exceeded