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When I came to Colorado I was told that I was descended from Nazis because my family name is German. Kids threw rocks at me on the playground. Don’t feel bad for me, I threw rocks back.
I first learned what racism is when I was told that I had to be it.
"But who would teach you such a thing?" you might ask.
I was told that I was white and therefore was racist. I never thought of myself as white before then. Snow is white. My skin is a pale peachy pink with an olive undertone, and when I tan I look like a Native American.
I grew up gypsy, I grew up military. "What does that mean?" you wonder.
It doesn't mean that I was raised to be a good little solder and I never kept my room clean. What it means is that I got to travel a lot. Traveling was a way of life, we just knew how to pack fast and what kinds of foods were best in the car.
I got to see many things and many people, and in the military people are seen for their accomplishments not what they look like.
I still don't understand a lot of what ribbons stand for what, so I just treated everyone the same so to not embaress my father.
Then when Dad retired and we came to Colorado I was told that I white, and that I have hate in me, and am rasist.
It's not fair of me to say it but I've learned to hate Colorado.
I first learned what racism is when I was told that I had to be it.
"But who would teach you such a thing?" you might ask.
I was told that I was white and therefore was racist. I never thought of myself as white before then. Snow is white. My skin is a pale peachy pink with an olive undertone, and when I tan I look like a Native American.
I grew up gypsy, I grew up military. "What does that mean?" you wonder.
It doesn't mean that I was raised to be a good little solder and I never kept my room clean. What it means is that I got to travel a lot. Traveling was a way of life, we just knew how to pack fast and what kinds of foods were best in the car.
I got to see many things and many people, and in the military people are seen for their accomplishments not what they look like.
I still don't understand a lot of what ribbons stand for what, so I just treated everyone the same so to not embaress my father.
Then when Dad retired and we came to Colorado I was told that I white, and that I have hate in me, and am rasist.
It's not fair of me to say it but I've learned to hate Colorado.