smarterthanu

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Are you trying to set a new downvote record for a first post?

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Why would that post get downvoted ?
It's merely something unique about my childhood.

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.