Same. I went to a private middle school that was 99% White. There was one black kid in my grade. His parents were very upper middle class, super nice house. He was just another kid I hung out with. His dad let us all play Warcraft (the original) on his PC.
Then I went to a public high school that was 70% black. I learned hard truths in about a week.
You can get along with almost any non-white/straight/etc person when they're in an environment where it's made very clear that they're only being tolerated, not celebrated.
Same. I went to a private middle school that was 99% White. There was one black kid in my grade. His parents were very upper middle class, super nice house. He was just another kid I hung out with. His dad let us all play Warcraft (the original) on his PC.
Then I went to a public high school that was 70% black. I learned hard truths in about a week.
You can get along with almost any non-white/straight/etc person when they're in an environment where it's made very clear that they're only being tolerated, not celebrated.