Racial discrimination or self-esteem

A young boy went to high school amongst white kids. He is the only pupil with a black skin in his class. He felt left out and thus isolated himself from every pupil in school like he did in grade school. They tried getting close by been friendly but he gave a cold response that stated; stay away. He walked to school to and fro alone. He had a black friend, a class ahead of his but lost that friendship to his coldness. A contest for the best essay was assigned individually to every student. The teacher requested a topic be pick by choice. This will be presented a week from now; she said. This young pupil wanted so badly to write on different colors as an essay but he perceived himself not a good writer. Two days later after much research, he sat by the convenience door at school, repeatedly saying words to himself. Words he couldn't put in writing nor was sure they were accurate. He didn't make effort to do so as he felt he wasn't good enough. Claire is good at this, so is myle's, he said to himself. A young white girl who stood quietly listening to his every word was impressed and offered to help with the paper work. He yielded but immediately refused bluntly. He turned around to take his leave when the little girl said; We are indeed of a different skin color, states, country and of different opinion but it doesn't define who we are as a person. She paused for a while and said I'm mixed remember, how would you define me.
       For a moment, the words seemed familiar, he struggled with his thought as he walked by the train station. Eureka!!!. They were words he had heard indeed from his teacher while in grade school. He remembered Mr Larry trying to get close, but he never let him. This was happening again for a third time. Essay presentation finally pulled through, every essay came with a message. They were essay's on encouragement, laughter, love , hope, togetherness etc. Unfortunately, he had nothing to say, he was dumbfounded and embarrassed. At that moment, he wished the very ground on which he stood would open up and swallow him before the white kids begin a mockery show of him. To his greatest surprise, the reverse was the case, his thoughts where not the reality he anticipated. At the sight of this, he recognized...What exactly was his problem, racial discrimination or self-esteem.
    The goal in this story is not to shed light on racial discrimination, it's indeed as old as man. The goal is to bring to our awareness, discrimination tendencies inherent in us beyond been black or white.