White until someone tells me differently

Megan Forrest,
Chicago, IL

Living in suburban Chicago is always weird because I dress the same as the rest of my peers, talk the same, and I just almost blend in, but not quite. Even though a quarter of my school is Asian-American, just like me, I stick out like a sore thumb. Or rather, it certainly feels like it.


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