Racism / Violence

Racism / Violence: My experience

I was living in Elizabeth New Jersey, when I was walking to a restaurant about 10:00pm with my uncle and a few white guys drove by and yelled,” Nigger get out of my town”. We continued on our way when I noticed they circled back and pulled in front of us.  Right behind us two guys at the end of the street came our way.  Three other guys got out of the car and came at us asking, “What were we doing in their town, don’t you know niggers are not allowed on this side of town”. My uncle held my hand tight and we tried to walk away when one of them pushed me and another one kicked him. We tried run and was tripped by someone and just when I hit the ground I heard some of the people in the community yell,” What’s going on, leave them alone”. The guys kicked me one more time and ran to their car and drove off. I remember walking back angry and shocked that people was so mean for no reason.

Articles I found interesting:

Sarah Mustillo, Nancy Krieger, Erica P. Gunderson, Stephen Sidney, Heather McCreath, and Catarina I. Kiefe. Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Black–White Differences in Preterm and Low-Birthweight Deliveries: The CARDIA Study.American Journal of Public Health200494:12, 2125-2131. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2125

Nancy Dole, David A. Savitz, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Michael J. McMahon, and Pierre Buekens Psychosocial Factors and Preterm Birth Among African American and White Women in Central North Carolina. American Journal of Public Health: August 2004, Vol. 94, No. 8, pp. 1358-1365. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1358. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1358