What I Know

First let me preface by stating that as a science major, I have been intimidated by writing a blog that honors English majors could construe critique and criticize. However, I have decided to simply write about what I know, unembellished and unapologetically. I’ll be the first to admit that I have a very limited view, particularly concerning the suburbs. I was born not too far from my current home and I have never moved. I went to private school and grew up in a conservative, republican, Christian home with one older sister and two parents that met in high school and are still married. Despite the homogeny between my self and my family as well as between my family and others, we were different. I was different. I am a first generation Californian and even further removed, I am a first generation American. Being born and raised in California, I never viewed myself as “the other.” It wasn’t until I encountered racism at a very young age did I realize that I was different. The existence of racism in the suburbs is a secret that many would like to deny; however, it is alive and well. Racism is an area with which I am all too familiar. Hopefully with our generation being more educated than ever before, racism will slowly die out, and it will no longer be a secret of the suburbs.