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Essay Growing up as a child, I always felt what it was like being a minority. I didn’t feel any different from any one else, but there was always that one person who made it a priority to make me feel like an outcast. My parents came from two different backgrounds, my mom being Caucasian, and my dad African American, so I had the advantage living in both worlds. As a minority, I have …

…Houston and Allen Iverson are only a few minorities that have made an impact on my life. Their beliefs and successes helped me to ensure myself that I can be successful too, and being a minority should be no excuse. I hope their messages will carry on in many generations to come, and people will realize that life wasn’t always easy; everyone had to struggle and fight to get to where they are today.