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What is something unique about your childhood that other people find difficult to believe?
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:49 am
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:49 am
The first time I met/spoke to a black person was in 8th grade when a black kid moved into our school district.
When I graduated High School I had only met/spoken to 3 black people in my entire life (2 students, 1 Teacher).
And my High School had over 2,800 students.
When I tell people this they assume I was raised in some tiny farm town.
I played sports so of course I played against black athletes from other schools, but I didn't know them.
I attended college/professional athletic events as a child so of course I had seen black people, just had not known/spoken to one until 8th grade.
The reactions I get are interesting.
Some people don't believe me until I show them my High School Yearbooks.
People have accused me of being racist for attending a school that was upper middle class and overwhelmingly white, which makes no sense whatsoever.
When I graduated High School I had only met/spoken to 3 black people in my entire life (2 students, 1 Teacher).
And my High School had over 2,800 students.
When I tell people this they assume I was raised in some tiny farm town.
I played sports so of course I played against black athletes from other schools, but I didn't know them.
I attended college/professional athletic events as a child so of course I had seen black people, just had not known/spoken to one until 8th grade.
The reactions I get are interesting.
Some people don't believe me until I show them my High School Yearbooks.
People have accused me of being racist for attending a school that was upper middle class and overwhelmingly white, which makes no sense whatsoever.
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Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:55 am to smarterthanu
Are you trying to set a new downvote record for a first post?
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:56 am to smarterthanu
I had a 7 inch pecker at age 8.
I didn’t meet a Mexican until age 10.
I didn’t meet a Mexican until age 10.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:56 am to Fiddler crab
quote:
Are you trying to set a new downvote record for a first post?
Why would that post get downvoted ?
It's merely something unique about my childhood.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:57 am to smarterthanu
My little 1/2 brother is autistic. He had a twin sister that died when they were 7 years old. My mom had died when I was much younger. After my 1/2 sister died, our family kinda fell apart. I, of course, stayed with my dad and older brother. Former stepmom got full custody of little brother.
Anyway, she couldn’t handle him and really just avoided dealing with her problems. Got remarried less than a year later to a real a-hole. They decided to put him in an institution without even consulting my dad.
Long story short, I ran away and broke him out, and we went on a cross country adventure to compete in the Nintendo Power Championship (which my little brother won) and it brought our family back together again.
Anyway, she couldn’t handle him and really just avoided dealing with her problems. Got remarried less than a year later to a real a-hole. They decided to put him in an institution without even consulting my dad.
Long story short, I ran away and broke him out, and we went on a cross country adventure to compete in the Nintendo Power Championship (which my little brother won) and it brought our family back together again.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 2:29 pm to smarterthanu
When i was a kid in Rpund Rock/ Hutto Texas i rarely saw them. There were definetly conversations that went "i saw a black guy at the HEB today".
Posted on 2/2/25 at 3:03 pm to smarterthanu
you missed out on some cultural events sport
had my first fist fight with a black kid in 4th grade
had a fist fight with a bully in 5th grade that got put to sleep in angola 25 years later while doing a hitch for armed robbery…
had my first fist fight with a black kid in 4th grade
had a fist fight with a bully in 5th grade that got put to sleep in angola 25 years later while doing a hitch for armed robbery…
Posted on 2/2/25 at 3:29 pm to smarterthanu
I’ve met every US President starting with Reagan when I was 2 months old.
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