I will indeed read that interesting article in a moment but I must weigh in first and God knows I weigh a lot.
I grew up as a second generation Armenian immigrant in an all-white town in northern New Jersey in the Posh suburbs Far From Any trains or buses or sidewalks.
Nobody ever talked about white because they were all white except for me. Although they never talked about white or being white for whiteness they sure made it clear that something was different or wrong with me. I was constantly needled and insulted starting at around 5th grade or about the age of 10 or 11 for various things which clearly were in stark contrast with being white or with whiteness.
Many kids started on almost a daily basis from the age of 11 all the way through till about graduating high school at the age of 18, many kids and I still remember their names Michael Morrison and Matt Houston and Todd Schaper and Doug George and Billy Dahlen and Francine Keller and Tracy Connolly and Mike Brady and Tim Elwood and Scott McDonald (((ALL ANGLO SAXONS AND WHITE LIKE COTTON))) all started calling me greaseball and camel jockey and Iranian terrorist and big nose Tarzan and Guru and hairy monkey at least two or three times a week starting in Home Room at 8:15 a.m. all the way through till lunch time in the cafeteria and gym class and even after school on the way home.
Yeah so they never said the word white or mention the word whiteness but it was clear as day that they were telling me that there was something very very different about me that was worthy of being mocked and ridiculed on an almost daily basis for 7 years


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