Personal Narrative: Advocating For Equality

Transitioning from a small catholic elementary school with roughly sixty peers in my graduating class to Hudson High School was a shock. For the first time in my life I was surrounded by hundreds of unfamiliar faces, many of which looked nothing like mine. At first it was extremely easy for me to fall into the stereotypes of a large public school- categorizing my peers as populars, loners, jocks, and nerds. It was in having personal relationships with people from these different social groups that I discovered that the differences between us were minuscule.

As a young woman interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) there were plenty of times where I felt like I was at a disadvantage compared to the boys in my year. Those …show more content…
About five years ago my oldest sister got married to a young man named Tony-coming from an Italian family we all thought Tony to be one of our own, so when we heard his last name was "Chin" the room went silent. Old prejudices were clear to arise as my family learned that my sister was in love with a Chinese person. Being in sixth grade, the first time I meant Tony, I expected him to have an accent and hardly speak any English- I couldn't have been more wrong about him. Tony is truly an American guy who loves the Cleveland Indians, fast food, and my sister. My small-mindedness couldn't have made me more blind of a wonderful man who treats my sister with respect. Inclusion and racial diversity is something I strive to protect because if my sister met her husband fifty years ago, the nation would tell them they could never be together, that their love is wrong. Their relationship makes me remember that we are all human beings and race shouldn't be the factor that matters- what matters is the content inside of ones