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Cake day: March 5th, 2024

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  • I don’t believe there are still signs like this today, at least not in public areas (because, as you pointed out in other comments, that would be illegal under the Civil Rights Act). Every now and then there are stories about non-white people being asked to leave an establishment, but those have, thankfully, become pretty rare.














  • In 8th grade English class we had to write a short essay for homework (this was before most families had a computer, so it was hand written). I’m lefty, and the ink from my pen smudged (iykyk). In front of the whole class she called me out for sloppy work and said I’d receive a 0. So I asked how, as a lefty, I could prevent that from happening. She gave me 3 days of detention for talking back to her. When my mom found out, she called the school and spoke with the principal, who happened to be a lefty. He reversed course, saying detention for this was ridiculous, as well as suggested pens he uses that smudge a lot less.

    Another time, in high school, I was in art class. Everyone would keep their sketchbooks in the desks rather than take them home. One day, someone drew a bunch of swastikas all over mine, and then reported me. Originally, I was going to be expelled. After explaining I didn’t draw them, and how anyone could access the book, they reduced it to 3 days suspension. After my mom got involved, it was reduced (“reduced”) to 10 days of detention. This was catholic school, so detention was kneeling for an hour in front of a wall.

    Also in catholic school, I got detention for arguing with my theology teacher that eating eggs means he supports abortion. I deserved and enjoyed detention that day.

    … I got in trouble a lot in catholic school