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It is very hard to share the experience of when I felt like an outsider. Of course, as every individual I felt that feeling and it is not a pleasant one. We as individuals need people around us because it is completely impossible to live like a lone wolf. Even wolves live in packs. So, the feeling of being left alone is a very strong feeling and it evokes different kinds of emotions. In my case I felt like an outsider was when me and my family moved to Moscow.

However before that I need to give a little backstory. Originally I’m from country called Kazakhstan and this country is known for its friendliness to other people from other nationalities. There are about one hundred and twenty different nationalities that live in my country right now. Since childhood we are taught to respect others and respect their customs. So, at the age of twelve me and my family moved to Moscow and it was completely different experience. I will not say that Russia is racist to other people and I will not imply that because it is dissuasion for another day. However, I started to first feel like an outsider when I went to a new school. Kids were not very glad to see me so there was a special kind of oppression. It was based just on the understanding that I look different, that I’m Asian even though Kazakhstan is partly in Europe and I’m a mix between European and Asian. So, there was an oppression on race and it was simply a discrimination. Even my parents, as they said me later, experienced it on work in some way.

Thus, these kinds of oppressive experiences perhaps make us stronger and more aware of these problems. In addition, Patricia Hill-Clinton mentions it too. Her understanding of this, I believe, is very simple and true. She states that these experiences bond us together and it does not matter where we come from and who we are.