Being from rural Maine....?

PorkFriEdRicE
Tue, 29 May 2007 14:49:06 +0000

How much does this help me, being from rural Maine? My town is pretty much 97% white, so I jut out quite a bit, standing among a pool of Caucasians. Not to mention, there is a lot of ignorance and intolerance floating around, as there are several racists who are rather open about it. Unfortunately, homosexuality is severely repressed at my school, as it is generally badly looked upon. There are only like 4-6 students out of 800 who are openly gay.

How much does being first generation help, by the way?

How much does it help to be an immigrant—even though I immigrated here from China when I was 2 years old?