BACKGROUND
Sex: female
Ethnicity: Costa Rican/American with German
Ancestry
Born in: National City, CA
Parents born in: Father - CA
Mother - Costa Rica
At
the age of five, I began to run track with the city Parks
and Recreation. I continued running until I was twelve years
of age. During these years I won many gold medals and some
silver. When I did lose a race, the winner was almost always
an African-American. Other children told me that I would
always lose to black people because they ran faster. I liked
being a winner and became very jealous at African-Americans
who beat me out of the race. I started to believe that maybe
they all did run faster. My stereotype did not longer hold
valid when I ran a race and won. I did compete against an
African-American and found out that they weren't all as fast
as me.
At
the age of five, I began to run track with the city Parks
and Recreation. I continued running until I was twelve years
of age. During these years I won many gold medals and some
silver. When I did lose a race, the winner was almost always
an African-American. Other children told me that I would
always lose to black people because they ran faster. I liked
being a winner and became very jealous at African-Americans
who beat me out of the race. I started to believe that maybe
they all did run faster. My stereotype did not longer hold
valid when I ran a race and won. I did compete against an
African-American and found out that they weren't all as fast
as me.