Being A Freak

Have you ever been called a "freak" well i have and it doesn't fell very good because people think that you are crazy or your wired for stupid reasons like the color of your skin or your race. This is particularly called racism. I have been called a "freak" before. One day i come to school with my ears pierced because i have this ceremony that is like a bar mitzvahs but we call it the thread ceremony. I am Hindu so this is a sign that i am old enough to begin spiritual knowledge. Anyways, i go to school and everyone is looking at as though i am sort of a gangster and it doesn't help that i am also African-American. There was this one boy that said that i was all cool and that i would start to treat everyone as though i was the big boss. He also called me a "fuck'in black bitch" because he was getting annoyed that i wasn't listening to him. My blood my boiling like it never boiled before. I could never ever discard what i had just heard and it still bugs me today that that boy said that. When i went home that night i cried and cried about what had happened to me and i wish that i never had got my ears pierced in the first place. My mother came up to me and said " You should be proud that you are a Hindu and that you have had your thread ceremony done. Just because people say things that you shouldn't just give up. Be proud of who you are and always move forward.

I do not recall that i have treated someone like a "freak" but I am absolutley sure that i have treated someone like a "freak" before and i am utterly disappointed in my self for letting this happen. Everyone has done this action before whether or not you realize it. Nobody is a perfect human being and we all make mistake but what is important is to learn from them and acknowledge that you did them and don't do it again.