Quote: (01-09-2014 02:18 PM)KorbenDallas Wrote:
In my home city of St. Louis, it is more likely for a white kid to be bullied. Kind of. St. Louis used to bus black kids to the suburbs as part of a desegregation program, this went on for 30+ years or so, but was stopped by some schools.
I grew up in Pasadena, CA ~ infamous for its seminal busing (1969-1970) of white kids into the inner city. This was my first year of high school; I'd skipped a grade and was super-tiny for my age (5' until the 12th grade - when I (thank God!) grew 10'). It was also a time of general civil unrest as well as the Black Power movement. I was the smallest guy at John Muir High, and was REGULARLY extorted, beaten, and robbed of at least two brand new Schwinn 10-speeds. To say it was brutal was an understatement...and the staff would do nothing about it. One set of parents from our neighborhood made a big issue of the ongoing situation regarding their son; the culprits were identified and expelled. Two weeks later, someone broke ALL the windows of their '50s Moderne home (basically all glass walls).
I resented the hell out of the situation back then, but can look back now 40+ years later and at least begin to understand the nature of why that occurred...and when I see videos, etc. of people being bullied - it triggers that subtle anxiety without fail!