My school is 95% hispanic (Mexican to be specific) and I’m supposedly Mexican too but I’m light skinned, slanty-eye’d and have black hair so everyone thinks I’m Asian. I don’t celebrate Mexican culture at all, the Mexicans at my school are gang affiliated. They think I’m “lame” for not smoking weed or drinking at 13. When my family/friends talk in Spanish I never understand them. Instead of bumping Mexican music I bump Korean Pop music (The only time I ever listen to Mexican music is to make my family happy.) And on top of that I get called zipperhead by the other students. (there are no Asians at all in this school, there was 1 Asian staff member before but he left) I also want to grow my hair out (which will cause more jokes with the fact that I wear glasses too). What do I do to stop being an outcast or the rest of freshman year. (I’m going to a school more closer to my city next year.)
Your can’t change who you are, so do your best to be yourself. Your original and that’s something beautiful that a lot of people forget about, why fit in when you can stand out and stand up for who you are. Being an outcast is never as bad as you think it is, it opens doors to a completely new world.
Don’t try to fit in. Recognize that the people making racist statements and using hate speech against you are immature, hateful, and they will learn their lessons when they have no good friends and bad lives. You don’t have to fit in, and I’d recommend not doing so, as it seems the people in your school might be dangerous to your health. Just ride it out, man. I know it’s hard and it sucks, and I’ve been there. I was treated like dirt throughout school, so don’t sweat it. Just rock it real and ignore the losers who hate on you for no reason. Go find friends outside of school that resonate with you.
If I could use only one sentence to point you toward lasting happiness it would be this: True happiness can only be found in God, for only He can meet the deepest yearnings of our hearts. Let me explain.
You see, we aren’t on this earth by accident. God created us, and He put us here for a reason: to know Him and to enjoy His presence in our lives, both now and throughout eternity. God even created us with an empty place in our hearts—an empty place that He alone can fill. The Bible says, “He has also set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
Whenever we try to fill that empty place with anything or anyone other than God, we are bound to fail. No matter how many things we have or how successful we are, that empty place is still there. But when we come to Christ, we discover that God loves us, and He makes us part of His family. More than that, He comes to live within us by His Holy Spirit. Think of it: God wants you to be part of His family forever—beginning now.
By faith turn to God and tell Him that you know you need Him. Then open your heart and life to Christ and ask Him to fill the empty places in your life. Jesus promised, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives” (John 14:27). Turn to Christ today and discover the joy and peace He alone can give.
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