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From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
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Something strange happened during dinner... can't quite understand it... after everyone stopped staring & began getting back to their lives, was suddenly extremely aware of being the only white person in the place. Positive this happened before... but it didn't effect me... maybe 'cause this was a nice restaurant, coulda been in LA, nothing "exotic"... & all the people were just like me... dressed like me, imagined them having the same conversations I'd have with friends, assumingly of the same social status... yet, felt more like an outsider than ever. And think it was just because of the color of my skin. Now keep thinking about the only black student at my school... & feeling really bad all these years later...
Tags: Ethiopia |
