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"I?m a girl with a fro, raised in the place once known as ?Chocolate City.? I grew up part of a black nuclear family, was home-schooled, then became part of of the mini-Historic Black College Experience at Temple University. After arriving in New York, I became an intern at Essence, a magazine so safe I likened my boss to an aunt. Those settings were as comfortable as my grandma?s cooking on any given Sunday.
I longed to crawl back to my tiny black universe."
Some of the most maladjested, insecure & unadaptable people you will ever meet are homeschooled. As you can see from above, her issues stem from the self segregation her parents imposed on her from birth. She's having to re-indentify who she is in a multi racial, multi-cultural surrounding.
Good read, that is some heavy shit! Good luck to her.
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