Word: topeka
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When I went home to Topeka, Kansas, right after my finals, I was bored crazy. With nothing better to do, I opened up the local newspaper to see what was going on besides high school graduations. I landed on a "Best of Topeka" feature, sort of a version of "Best of Boston...
...lived in this town for a good part of my life, I felt that everything still oozed with a conventional Midwestern taste. There was some effort to spice up the restaurant list with categories like "Best Mexican Food." I thought, whatever, as if that stuff is actually authentic in Topeka...
...that I like to belittle my hometown as narrow-minded, but, increasingly, the "you're an alien, stop complaining" attitudes are difficult to ignore. Topeka and Kansas as a whole often seem to fall some steps behind the pace of the rest of the nation...
...appreciate people who "Honk for Tolerance." In fact, Topeka is sincerely trying to promote tolerance and harmony in its public schools through multicultural education and student panels...
...into little kids speaking Sam Brownback-style to me. Names and stereotypes won't ruin my good moods, because I figure the people who use them don't know any better. I'm used to this, but, as my world opens up more and more, home in Topeka feels increasingly distant and unpleasant...