The Persistence of Rebellion
What was your biggest act of rebellion against your parents? Did your rebellion last?
I’ll start: For me, it was becoming an atheist, and refusing to attend church (starting at age 16). The rebellion lasts to this day. How about yours?
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My White family had Black friends in Richmond, Indiana, and in an environment of severe racism I had a choice to either stick with my friends or abandon them for social acceptance. So from age six I had to live with frequently being physically attacked and called a "n---- lover." It not only taught me how crummy many humans are, but inculcated in me both skepticism and independence. I've never compromised when it counted.
After graduating high school in 1982, I informed my parents (after my ceremony) that I was joining the Army instead of going to college. I surprised my parents by not returning home with them (I was attending a boarding school); I said my goodbyes and departed for Truckee California, where I lived and worked until I enlisted in San Francisco in November.