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Honeykiss, I can feel your pain.
My high school was not known for its black achievers. Most of the black students never actually graduated. They either transferred to a better school or just dropped out. I was among the two or three who graduated, received college scholarships, and did well at the university level.
When I came back after my freshman year at school, I got a very good internship with a major financial services firm. I was no longer interested in hanging out on the street corner and getting drunk. Because I actually had some idea of what I wanted to do with my life, I got talked about. People said that I thought I was better than everybody, and I forgot where I had come from, and yada yada yada.
Whatever! Being black is not defined by fitting into a mold. Black people are some of the most diverse people on the face of the earth. We are diverse in our culture, our appearance, our mindset, and our achievements. Instead of accepting and appreciating these differences, some black people would rather use them as a means of division between us.
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