Crucial Critics

Why is it that everyone has to have a negative first impression? Why can't people take in whom you are and then start piecing together what's to become your description of you? I don't socialize with many people, mainly because I move alot, but also because I tend to weave through critics and not friends. There's been a few instances lately that have caught me off guard. I really don't feel like going into detail about certain run-ins, but I would like to mention a few things.

I try not to place myself in any specific catagory, any specific nationality, or any specific clique. I don't like being a replica of someone else. I try anyway possible to change my style up, sonobody has room to imitate or impersonate who I am molding myself into. I ran into an individual and the certain person had quite a few words to say about the outfit I had chosen to wear. A little glimpse of what i was wearing; yellow skinny jeans from a local thrift store, metalic silver flats, and a few assorted layered camis in bright colors, with few accessories. Now, I hadn't really thought I looked that out of place considering I like bright colors and I value uniqueness. This person practically went into cardiac arrest because of the so-called "mis-matched" outfit I was wearing. I was a "disgrace to all Hispanic chicks", "hippy lookin' ", and "a walking freakshow"- amongst other things. Seriously? Because I'm not Hispanic, I didn't really feel like I even LOOKED hispanic, and I definately didn't think a loud character would disgrace Hispanic people in general. Now, things would be a different ball game if I was in all actuality hispanic.

That was just one scenerio that played a recent role in my life, there's many more. Most run around the fact that they don't have a clue of what my nationality is and the fact that I'm not afraid to wear what I want. All in all, I just wish people wouldn't judge me on who I am by what I wear and what I look like.