Kianna Young
Sacramento, CA
True Story. One day I was walking my dog down the street and talking to a friend on the phone, I see a guy walking in my direction but I didn’t pay him any attention. I didn’t even know him. He continues to walk down the street and I continue to watch my dog. All of a sudden, he stops in front of me and says this, word for word: “God damn nigger, always on the damn phone. FACE!”, and then proceeded to shove his hand in front of my face. I was frozen, I didn’t know whether I should laugh, because of how he said it, or cry. I hung up on my friend and sat down on the sidewalk, NEVER in my 16 years of life had I ever been called that name. I mean, if this had happened in the 30’s, 40’s or 50’s, then I wouldn’t be as blown away; but this was 2012! I didn’t even know this man, what gave him the right to harass me like that? What did I ever do to him? That day, I experienced racism; that day a part of me died because a narrow minded Caucasian couldn’t let go of the past.
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