I was at the park with my dad and a (female) friend of ours. We were there doing Acro yoga and minding our own business when these three young guys came and got in the water. At first it was fine then I started hearing what they were saying. I am thirteen years old and they couldn’t have been two years older than me. They were calling each other n****** and were saying very crude sexist things. More than pissing me off it made me sad that they were raised in an environment where they found that they could get attention by doing things like that.
I ignored them as I didn’t want to give them the pleasure of gaining my attention. I felt like going over there and slapping or punching them but I refrained. I also felt like saying, “Hey assholes, stop making racist and crude sexist remarks before I call the police for harassment and they can tell you to stop,” but I refrained. Now I feel bad that I let them get away with it but I know that I did the right thing.
– Claire
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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