What are some good quotes about families?

Effects on children and families who experience bias or discrimation?

• Answer:

  I was born in Mexico, but moved here when I was five, I'm 19 now so I practaccly grew up here. My dad is darker skin, and my mom is more on the pale side. My sister and I get all the time that we don't look "Mexican". That offends us so much, because it proves that people are ignorant, "Mexicans" don't look a certain way just as "Americans," "Indians," "Europeans" don't all look the same. My family grew up with discrimination, it was very hard on all of us. When I was about 6, I was the only person that was considered "colored" in my school. I went to a private elementry school and to all seriousness, everyone there was "white." The guidance counsler and principle treated my sister and I very well, but certain teachers and students would treat us differently, as if we were morons and didn't belong there. I was only a young child, my sister was practacly a baby at the age of 3 in pre-school and we cryed everynight before we went to sleep because we didn't understand why people were so harsh. As we grew older and lived here longer, we began to understand it a little better. My first year of highschool, again I went to a private school but after that year I couldn't take it anymore. My parents transfered my to a public highschool. I felt as if I finally belonged somewhere. I made friends of different races and backgrounds. My family still experiences racism and discrimination to this day, that is something that will remain universall for as long as we live because unfortunatly not all people understand that we really are all equal and God's children. When I first began to apply for jobs, even though my background was full of being in great schools, and having a lot of wonderful experiences, being at the top of my class for years, people looked past that and just saw the outside, they saw that I was Mexican/Hispanic and automatically thought that I should be working at a kichen in a fast food restaurant or at a hotel as roomservice person. I am saddened everyday because of all of this, but my family is strong and we have achieved all of our goals that we had initially set for ourselves when we moved to this countrty. I am grateful for being hispanic, and gratfeul for knowing that I am "different" I really hope this helps!