The disadvantages of majority

I am white, so I am discriminatory.
I am a female, so I am less superior.
I am from a more wealthy neighborhood, so I am stuck up.
I am skinny, so I am anorexic.
I am smart, so I cheat.
I am blonde, so I am a ditz.
I have a car, so I rely on "mommy and daddy" to take care of me.
I hang out with guys, so I am a whore.
But it's all the opposite than what you think.
I hang out with guys, because they don't judge me.
I have a car, because I work 2 jobs outside of school.
I am blonde because of genetics.
I am smart, because I need the grades to get into college.
I am skinny, because I am in boxing, and I constantly am moving around.
I live in a wealthy neighborhood, because my parents work over 70 hours a week.
I am a female, because God didn't want me male.
I am white, which is why I write, because being a majority means taking on all of the stereotypes that go with it. Because if I show the world that I am defying them, they wouldn't believe me or think that I am lying. I write because the papers that I mark on, are the only things that know who I really am.

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LeadrKrios

I don't think I've ever read a poem that fired me up as much as this one. It tackles a big issue: Stereotypes, while similtaneously sticking to the topic: Why I Write. 

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