[BLOG] “I’m Just A Chick From The Bronx Who Got Lucky.”
Usually the first time I meet someone and they ask where I ‘m from I know what to expect. The “oh my” facial expression. I understand the Bronx isn’t the greatest place to live but this where I come from. I live on the 6 line. Surrounded by the same ole faces everyday I step outside. There’s the group of obnoxious kids outside playing baseball, dodge ball, basketball , pretty much any sport you can think that you shouldn’t play in a basketball court the size of a bathroom. There’s the old people who been living in these condos for years and love to feed the pigeons even though the sign in front of the building says not to. Of course there’s always the security guards walking around the area making sure you get your ass of the property when the curfew is up. I can’t say it’s all bad though. I basically live in a park area and when times get rough I love to sit out of the bench and just think to myself or listen to music. Near me is also a shopping area and tons of food places. I never have to walk far to get my grub on. This isn’t where I plan to say for the rest of my life but I can’t be ashamed of where I come from just because people have this stereotype that the Bronx is “one of the worst places to live”. I have seen far worse for that matter. I know a lot of people who lie about where they were born and raised because they want to appear like they started from something good and got to something better. That’s not me. I can’t lie about things like that to please another. If this is where I came from then that’s something that is part of my life forever. Wish some people could understand that where you’re from doesn’t completely define who you are. Living in the “ghetto” doesn’t make you that. I am an educated Black and Hispanic woman. I graduated high school. I went to college. I worked two jobs and I am now working in the Cynical Owl now. Some of us come from things that aren’t the best but since when does that mean your life has to become that? Do you people really think a certain way of me because I am from the Bronx? It makes me wonder. So, where are you from?…
-Cyn