racism
or
dedicated to the kid who told me that black people have a certain chemical in their bodies that makes them smell funny
When I was in elementary school and someone talked to our class about racism, since I lived in very rural Maine, my only reference to non-white persons was through The Cosby Show. I couldn't even understand racism then; I thought to myself, "I don't even think of them as black; they're just people to me." That was the start of a lifetime of thievery, the countless times I'd take things from people who couldn't stop me.
or
dedicated to the kid who told me that black people have a certain chemical in their bodies that makes them smell funny
When I was in elementary school and someone talked to our class about racism, since I lived in very rural Maine, my only reference to non-white persons was through The Cosby Show. I couldn't even understand racism then; I thought to myself, "I don't even think of them as black; they're just people to me." That was the start of a lifetime of thievery, the countless times I'd take things from people who couldn't stop me.