Originally posted by Cobraboy
Yeah but it's not like anyones is going to pick a fight with a person of your description Gil.
When I was in school I'd get one or two a**holes that thought that because I was a "bookworm" I was just a big pushover.
Add to that you have to work really hard to piss me off...due to my easy gong nature. Plus, I'd make them madder in one of two ways. I would ignore them. Or, I could "do the dozens" with the best of them. If you talked about my momma, I could say something worse about yours. If you called me fat, I'd say "So I'm fat. You're ugly. At least I can diet. You have to see the same ugly face every day for the rest of your life." Then go into the "You're so ugly" jokes.
Most of the time when someone would "choose me off" It had nothing to do with my size. Usually, It was about my way of speaking, or how I comported myself.
See, back in the day, a black kid that read alot, spoke proper english, and was accepted by "white folks" as a peer, was totally unacceptable to some "black folks."
I took a lot of **** for
not hanging on the corner, not smoking and drinking, and in general not trying to become another street hustler. Fully
75% of my fights, going all the way back to 1st grade, was with another black kid that thought I was an "uncle tom" for not trying to live up to the "stereotype."
I have my mom to thank for making me ambitious, and making opportunities for me eductionally. I have my dad and brother to thank for teaching me how to fight my way out of a bad situation when talking wasn't working.
We could sit down over coffee, and I could curl your hair, or turn your stomach, with some of the fights, and the reasons for them, that I got into from 4th to 10th grade.