In the book of mice and men a main character is a an named Crooks. Crooks is an old black man with a crooked back. He is a stable hand, where he is the only black man. Crooks is treated like he is below everyone else, and like he's not a person because he is black. Because he is the minority he is lonely. I feel bad for Crooks because in the book some people are mean to him just because he is black. If someone is the minority you should not treat them bad just because their the minority.
One time when I felt like I was a minority was when I went to shadow for a day at Hedgesville High school. I was the minority because everyone was older and more mature then I was. I was very scared about shadowing but my guide was really nice. I was treated differently because I was younger and was at the time going to a private catholic school. When I shadowed a math class they gave me an easy problem because they assumed I couldn't do anything else because I was younger. That was a time when I was the minority. This experience showed me that the bigger group is always in controll and the minority never is.
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