Hi I’m Indian and I feel like a lot of people assume I’m really good at everything. Like they assume I’m really smart and get good grades all the time and really just good at everything. They probably also think I may go to an Ivy League college and become some neurosurgeon. No one says it outwardly, but I think I get that vibe off some people. Well here’s the tea: I do get bad grades sometimes. YES I HAVE GOTTEN D’S. BELIEVE IT. I’m not anywhere near perfect nor a genius, and I won’t be a doctor and I definitely am not smart enough to get into an Ivy League school. Just because I’m Indian doesn’t mean I’m good at everything and I’ll become a doctor or a businesswoman or an engineer.
When I was 8, I think I was bullied for being Indian (as in I think it was bullying, not that i wasn’t sure if it happened or not). I’m not sure it was exactly racism though. That’s not what I classify it as. Three boys kept chanting “Indian” behind me and wouldn’t stop even when I asked them to. They even had the audacity to say “No.” I literally feared for my life. I thought they were going to hurt me. I thought they would push me into the pool and I would crack my head on the bottom.
My heart goes out to everyone who has experienced bullying and/or racism for anything, not just for the color of their skin.
Sorry, did I go too deep?