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Personal Narrative- Accepting Diversity

"Good bye honey! Take care! Call us when you get there safely!" my mother cried. I can still hear those words as if it were yesterday and in reality it was fourteen years ago, that I packed up and left my small town back in southern New Jersey.

The decision to leave my hometown, has been a definite turning point in my life, showing me what it means to live in a diverse society vs. the narrow minded, sheltered existence that I was raised in.

I grew up in a small town back east called Pennsville, population 15,000, and all of them were white folks except the Lees and the Tacketts. They were the only two colored families (as they were known to be called in passing), that lived in town. How they managed to survive in that hateful environment is still a mystery to me.

Needless to say this town was very prejudice, and still is today. The 'N' word was very familiar to me and was used frequently in the house I grew up in.  I can still hear my grandmother?s voice saying, ?Those damn n-----?s are gonna ruin this town.?  I could never fully un... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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