3 years ago
I like all the good reviews of Perpich from now an...
I like all the good reviews of Perpich from now and former white students but let me give you a look in a black student time at Perpich. I ve experienced more racism going to this school than I ve encountered my whole life. Where do I start, they almost suspended me for a week because I was suspected of having drugs, the police were called on me when I went swinging on the swings because a dorm staff thought I was going to smoke, I was accused of stealing something from a student that another student took because I was the last to ask about it , I ve had a white security guard follow me around school because he didn t think I went there, I ve been casted as a monkey in a play, I ve got asked was I in a gang for wearing a durag to school when it s for waves(which I ve had to educate several students and staff about), etc it s so many more events to say but I ll leave you with this. As the only black male in Perpich (the other two left because they didn t like it) I tried to ruff it out and hold my tongue on a few occasions hoping things would get better but it hasn t and I don t really think they understand something is wrong. I care for and like this school, not only are the classes great but some of people and the dorms as well. I try so hard to believe Perpich will get better but how can I hope to see better in a school that doesn t want to see better in me. That s all I think about daily as I go here, and is one of the many reasons I m thinking about not returning next year because I don t think I AM PERPICH.