Coates — Opening Worlds

What was your perspective prior to this experience? How did you grow as a result of this encounter?

a experience i had was when i went in to a liquor store and a person who worked there didn't stop looking at me and so for that i knew i was getting profiled because of my color of skin which never happened to me before but i wasn't going to steal anything so i bought something so next time he doesn't label someone for his appearance : for that i learned that i will get labeled not only for my skin color but for my religion i will also be judged so for that i knew and started to understand the real meaning of life and i grew well because i knew who i was and how i was made and saw that i’am not suppose to look like others to fit in any place because i don’t need to fit in no where to be accepted and if they don’t accept me somewhere then that’s on them and i now to not judged yourself because your different.