Dear Diary, In school, I'm studying the Civil War. Wel, my teacher, who is one of the sweetest people and NOT a bigot at all (totally the opposite) assigned us a news article. Well, thge boys had to write a nothern point of veiw about slavery as a news article, and the girls, including me, had to write a southern point of view. Well, this makes me sorta uncomfortable, because my third-cousin is black, I am not but I know African Americans, I live in a heavily African American Populated State, my friends are African American, and I know my ancestors were most likely Abolitionists. I feel like if I write this, I'll have to say totally racist things, and i feel like i have to insult all these people, especially those I care about! What if I wrote it, and someone fonud it and thought it was real, nnot a report? Also, I feel bad for others who had ancestors that were slaves- isnt it hard for them? I dont wanna be a racist, but I have a good grade in Social Studies and wanna keep it.. also, I know I shouldnt blame my teacher- she is NOT racist and is only just trying to teach. Still...
