rural hicks

today one of my classes talked about diversity. we were to split up into 3 sections depending on where we lived. rural, city, or suburban. out of the 20 kids in the class, 13 were suburban, 5 were rural, and 2 were city. i was alone in that class, with another kid who went to whitney young. we were to talk about how diverse it was back at our high school and how diverse it was now. i felt homesick when i thought about all the friends i’ve made back at home, and how too much of the population here at u of i is either white or korean.