LeBron James opened up about going to an all-white high school on HBOs new show, The Shop. During a sit-down interview, he said it took him some time to get comfortable after transitioning from his neighborhood to being around white people.
I went to an all-white high school, Catholic high school. So, like, when I first went to the ninth grade in high school, I was like Im not f**king with white people,’ James explained. I was so institutionalized growing up in the hood its like, They dont f**k with us. They dont want us to succeed.
He went on to say that it took him some time to adjust to the initial shock, but he learned new things like what a pantry is, for example. Im like, Im going to this school to play ball and thats it. I dont want nothing to do with white people, I dont believe that they want anything to do with [me]. Its me and my boys. We going to high school together and we’re here to hoop. So that was my initial thoughts and my initial shock to white America when I was 14 years old, for the first time in my life It took me a little while to adjust to it.
Bread, cereal, chips, doughnuts, all that st is on top of the refrigerator, he added. When I got to high school was the first time I knew about a pantry.
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