Our behaviors were of Native American traditional ways and my peers did not understand my hair always in braids and our cultures jewelry that I wore. They despised the fact that I was so called "smarter" than they were and the boys saw me as a "conquering toy." My behavior turned to self-defense overnight. I was constantly

made fun of due to having to take IQ tests twice a week and my father was always fighting the principal because she said there were schools for our kind. She ended up putting me in a trailer with the other minorities and away from the "white kids."

I am just praying that one day people stop seeing color as negative boundaries and see that each individual is unique in their personalities and not within their skin colors. We do all bleed the same color, don't we?

The positive consequences are: I became more ambitious in succeeding in everything that I do; I am an overachiever, which in many senses in a positive attribute; I am disciplined within my own life; Have my anger disorder under control; and have had an eight year relationship with a Caucasian man.

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African American, Native American, , anger disorder, native american,
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