I was thinking; don't faint
Reading http://kouji-mustang.livejournal.com/ 's journal entry, I was thinking about the whole 'community' thing; i.e., Latino community, LGBT Community, etc. Of course it ended up a discorse. Have fun, don't eat the cat
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Anyways, right above Florida, in the small town of Athens GA where the extremely conservative GA Bulldog fans (I honestly prefer the FL Gators) reside, I went to a predominately black high school, which here in GA translates into a bad school. Neither public high schools couldn't even get a decent pass rate (my senior class graduated with at least half of the students behind because they dropped out or because they couldn't pass Math or Science) but they're the schools who can quickly brag about their football or basketball team.
Everyone stayed with their own race. Latinos acted like they couldn't speak English to a teacher or to talk about someone behind their back, so most couldn't stand them. Whites were broken down into cliches, so I was in three; the otaku freaks, the drama geeks and the art farts. They had the popular groups, the wannabe black groups, the party goers, the stoners, etc. There weren't too many Asians, but they got along with everyone because they were quiet and friendly.
Being black though, everyone assumed I would be a hood rat who knew nothing about nothing except R&B/Rap (which I hate, along with country) with a Southern ghetto accent and a horny boy-stealing bitch, but they found that I was a smart talking otaku who actually liked girls and frowned upon stereotypes. So I was labeled as either a bitch or a wannabe Asian by people who never got a chance to know me before yapping their traps.
The media does play a huge part in stereotypes, especially movies and music, but when it comes down to it, it's also the people, and I really hate that. Don't immediately clump someone into a cliche because of their skin colour; you just might learn something from the "wannabe Asian black kid", or that girl in CA that's "too White in one place and too Asian in another".
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Everyone thought that being Asian I should be smart...i went back and got my GED in 06 >.> (I showed them, lmao)
I like rap, but I agree about the R&B AND the country.
Ah, had more to say- b back l8r (that looks ridiculous) Be back later- Gonna get lunch w/my girlfriend.
BTW, Is the weather December-worthy in GA, too, or just here?
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