Armelda Simone is division two 's in-house teen advice columnist.
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Dear Armelda, I live in a small, rural, closed-minded community in the Midwest. A black boy recently transferred to my high school, and all the other kids are being really mean to him. They yell racial slurs at him, push him around, trip him, knock his books out of his hand, and vandalize his locker practically every single day. Whatever you do, don't just stand by and do nothing. She drinks in the morning before I go to school, and she's still sitting on the couch drinking when I come home.