Today a woman bumped into me Accidently she wasn’t watching where she was going and we collided and she made me drop some things I was going to purchase she immediately apologized but her face was of pure fear like I was going to hit her or yell at her. Her friend then comes running up( before i can say “its okay, im fine”) with her arms out like she was trying to calm down a stray dog or a wild animal and me with my introverted personality I murmured a really low “its fine” and ran away without collecting my items the i dropped
I realize that this woman is probably generalizing me as a stereotypical black and having some reason to fear me lashing out at her but this is something i am used to getting  treated like ever since elementary school teachers handled I feel like I can’t change who I am I am 5’11, I’m black, and I am fat but getting getting looked at like that and handled like a animal at the zoo i just dont want to go outside anymore I cant
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Not everyone is like those women. There will always be bigots in society, but not everyone will treat you like shit.
Hey. My name is Ariel, I totally understand where your coming from. I live in MD and most of my neighbors are white when I go in the county the look at me as if I’m this disgusting 5’6 black girl with big eyes and long hair who don’t belong. It hurts. I’m overweight but guess what I’m happy now. Please if u want to we could email each other and be friends. People are not worth ur life. My email is arielgrn@gmail.com
It’s incredibly sad that that sort of discrimination still exists, but unfortunately, as always, the bad few ruin it for the many! 🙁
I would love that Ariel I have one friend and she so busy I’m afraid of bothering her My name is Krystal I live in GA