I am biracial and was born and grew up in central Vermont (Strafford, VT) and just graduated college. I had fine experiences in all my schooling in Vermont. Certainly some micro aggressions and rude jokes and such but nothing extreme, the kind of things and are unfortunately unavoidable. I grew up in an extremely small town and went to elementary school with the same 15 kids for all 9 years, I felt like I was always treated for who I was and never stereotyped, because of the strong community and the fact that everyone had to know me very well. Vermont is certainly not diverse and I feel like I missed that at times, but it also felt very safe. My experience was always kind well meaning people who treated me well.

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