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24. When I asked "Where are all of the black kids" on my 2nd day at my new private Catholic high school.

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:43 PM

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I came from the public school system which was over 80% black.

I was scoffed at by the "head girl" at the cafeteria table which happened to be full of the most popular girls.
She said something like "What? Are you kidding?". I literally didn't understand her reaction.
One girl answered that they had one senior who was bi-racial, the only other black kid was his little sister who came in as a freshman the year I was a senior. There were plenty of hispanic kids which I became friends with and the girl who answered my question became an at-school chum.

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