It Hurts

by: Quashaia

Knowing I'm black, I don't wan't to make a mistake. I mean like everyone is responsible for what they do. Cause people see black people making a lot of mistakes on drug streets on the news in the newspaper on highways. There are more kind African Americans than most people think. Sometimes people look at me waiting for me to do something wrong. It makes me feel like I have to think two times.

It's hard to stay clean because you see everyone doing drugs and getting into trouble and you feel like you should fit in. When I walk down the street and see a lot of people doing drugs it's hard for me to look at people and see that drugs are in them. I'm afraid of it cause that could be me. Once there was a family member that left me for alcohol. That hurt me a lot it's like: I needed her. That's not going to be me.

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