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from where I came, the entire block houses down was your family because you were supposed to have each other, differences aside. when I say family I don't mean my parents, siblings, and pets. when I say family I mean the people who grew with me and people who grew around me, and random days occasionally after the passing of someone known in the area, we threw block parties with foods and themes they loved, with the people they loved. this effected me and my siblings, and loved ones around me

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my friends I have are more than friends, a friend to me is someone who you could bare to be around and have common distinct traits. the friends I have either grew with me or have been with me since I was 3-6. I don't usually befriend people because I don't trust them easily, that's why the word friend is so thrown around when I think about it. someone who isn't your family but you call them your family is not just a friend, some of my friends died most then some but the ones I have now are here with m growing everyday and the bond is getting stronger. I was taught to keep people who better me as a person in my circle.

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Most of my family is actually from Jamaican and Haiti, from my great grandmother on my dads side, her sisters, and my grandma and Greta grandma both Haitian on my moms side, those two are like most common in my family. my grandfather originally started building a family in Jamaica where he had a stable thing going, but my mom told me that my grandfather's wife wanted to travel the world, so my cheap grandfather took her to Cuba, then Haiti, where they started over and decided to stay for a while

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this is where I have lived my entire life, and I don't plan to move anywhere else. growing up here gave me fundamental skills that everyone needs, I just caught on to my environment a little faster than some. I learned awareness, safety, reasoning, timing, and to avoid problems. I also, with a lot of people I go to school with that grew up in Chicago, learned things fast growing up here. I've never lived outside of Illinois because my family has a weird thing to whereas If we go somewhere to move or travel, you either live there, or stop traveling there like is your home. when my granddad moved into Illinois 1973, my family never lived outside of it, and either I'll follow up when I'm older or I'll break that family tradition and move wherever I desire.

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I'm African American and Haitian. I don't have nor show any Haitian traits because I've never even been to Haiti, only my elder relatives have lived in Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti. these traits don't define me so I'm not bothered by the fact that I lack such appearances. most of my life I've did things that my race and culture usually do, like every black family I've really known eats soul food on weekends, church on Sunday, and a power house clean on Saturday. sadly, stereotypes like single mothers and kids growing up in bad ways exist. My mother, her sisters, and her friends all are mothers and made a club called 878. this club was designed to kill these stereotypes off overtime and help the black culture better itself

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I'm a he/him, or just a boy. I was born a boy and my mother has all boys, 3 to be exact. shes wanted a daughter since I was born because she thought we would be too much and she needed her little miss peaceful. but actually we turned out little to no trouble. I just lied. me and my younger brother argue about everything even things you'd think are unarguable we still have family feuds about.

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basketball isn't the first sport I fell in love with, but its the sport I've always wanted to go pro in, I've been playing basketball since I was 4, and started learning fundamentals in 2nd grade. due to my bones being weirdly shaped and because of how I was born, and because of several injuries in 7th grade, 8th grade, and 9th first semester, i wasn't able to play this year. the year 2016 Is hat made me wanna play basketball. warriors vs Cavs was great to watch even at a young age. I also love football, the first sport I ever played.

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this food has been a part of my life since I was younger. soul food as always a option on the menu in my family, culture, etc. undoubtedly my favorite food aside from seafood and Mediterranean food

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English is the only language I comprehend. I don't know any other languages aside from it. i really want to learn Latin and Spanish, but didn't take any language classes, so probably next year. I grew up hearing everything in English and was never taught another language