my racist classmates

i'm not a racist, but i'm just saying... i'm like the only white boy in my african diaspora class and no one will sit next to me, talk to me, or even think about looking in my immediate direction... um, is it just me, or am i being prejudiced against because of sexual orientation, skin color, or some other reason? these people make me feel like i'm some diseased leper or something.

like, seriously. i sat down and this girl totally got up and moved to the other side of the room like she would catch my whitie disease or suddenly get AIDS from sitting next to a gay person... perhaps this is all in my head, but this isn't the first class period where i have felt a certian amount of tension from those in this room with whom i am trying to engage...

look. i'm an anthropology major. i took this class because i am interested in african culture. i cannot help it that no other white male student, out of the thousands who attend GA STATE, chose to sign up for the course... if anything, the fact that i'm taking the class should be indicative of my non-racism...

but i refraim...

perhaps it's that this is the first day i've quit smoking, but it really just seems like everyone in this room, besides the professor, is treating me like an outsider.

and i'm not.

of course, the other day the topic of evolution was brought up and pretty much everyone in here believed that evolution was, in fact, a myth, and that Creationism or some other non-scientific form of life was the real reason for why we are here...

and i was like, oh my god, i cannot believe what i am hearing...

the professor was my saving grace... she basically made it clear that if you are not an evolutionist you are, in fact, an idiot.

so i guess that's why i am taking this class... and that's what i can focus on... it's like i have to prove myself and i shouldn't feel that way, but that's just the truth...

WHATEVER....