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originally posted by: Subrosabelow
Back when I was in middle school, we moved to OKC and I ended up at a predominantly minority school. It was scary, not gonna lie. Anyone white had a target on their backs and attacks out in the courtyard during lunch were common place. White kiddos stuck together as much as possible for this reason. I stayed inside in the gym during lunch where at least there was a teacher supervising.
This was back in the 80's when racial tensions were pretty high.
I begged and pleaded with my parents to not make me go to that school. Bullying and nastiness was just too stressful and that was the beginning of my hatred for school. Unfortunately, we lived on the 'wrong side of the drainage canal' to put it bluntly. I wasn't eligible to go to the other schools in the area even though they were far closer to us. Meh.