Evens Obas

Voting in 2020 America (eBook, ePUB)

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If you have something on your mind that you wanna say, you might as well say it and let the chips fall where they may.

I admire former President Donald Trump for the free spirit and courage to say exactly what's on his mind. I'd rather have that, than have someone smile in my face, and pat me on the back, all while being nothing but a racist and a bigot.

This is likely going to be my final piece on anything racism-related unless something comes up that I need to express myself once again. Let me be clear: I don't wanna forget or move on. And it is not that I am forgetting that slavery and racism ever existed; I've simply gotten smarter. The wise among us have begun to realize that racism is here to stay, and therefore I have started to reflect on why they're not making the necessary adjustments and learning to work around it. In other words, I'm just sick and tired of blaming the government for its systemic fuckup and how they fail to reform and rehabilitate men and women who have suffered from this black holocaust.

In my opinion, although racism still exists, I look at it as any other of life's challenges. It's like playing chess with an opponent who is destined to beat me. I can't let you just win without a fight. So-called gangsters, thugs, ganja smokers, drug dealers, criminals, hoodlums, and bad boys, as some of you would refer to me, don't just surrender. Surrendering is not in the core values you conformists taught me in your military drills and the school books. We're supposed to have obstacles in life, and we must do whatever it takes to overcome them. Racism is just one of those obstacles, and I'm determined to succeed by any means necessary.

Guys, I am stepping away from this so-called Uncle Tom mentality. This is no longer the plantation.

I'm stepping away from all conformist ideologies of anybody's, including my own family's, who choose to dictate how I should live my life, how I should wear my hair or dress in public. You can forget about me dressing up for your little job interview, because I will not be begging anyone for a job. Why would I interview for a job when you've already pre-selected a candidate? And I will not elaborate any more on that on the basis that it might criminalize me.

I'm also stepping away from some of the military standards that I used to have. I think it's clear that my appearance is no longer military-like. No more clean cut. No more tucked-in shirts, except for very special occasions. No more fades or clean shaves. But I will still maintain some of the greatest principles and disciplines like good hygiene, physical fitness through exercising and eating well, respect for one another, and having honor, courage and commitment as the core values as I see fit.

Now, I've served in the United States Navy, and I continue to serve my country as a civilian. In other words, my life has been nothing but the government ever since I graduated from high school. It makes it impossible for me to express myself in an autobiography format like I've done and not sometimes talk about the government. It's kind of like inviting the great reverend Joel Osteen, the great late evangelist Billy Graham, or the great reverend TD Jakes into your forum and asking them to refrain from talking about Jesus or God. That is totally unfair. It's like breaking a seagull's wings and trying to force it to fly. It can't do it.

And I would like to emphasize that although I am not a writer, I cannot just stop writing just because I might hurt your feelings. You can always choose not to read my stuff if you feel like you can't handle it. I apologize to all my friends and loved ones for me being me. No, I am not always angry. And I also do other things to relax my mind like hiking, biking, lifting weights, cooking, swimming, skiing, playing my guitar, dancing, laughing, smiling, and have some great conversations with friends.

Hope this answ...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Evens Obas
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005500504
• Artikelnr.: 70646725

Autorenporträt

I was born in the Artibonite Department of Haiti on January 4th, 1978. I spent my first six years in a small town called Saint-Marc where I finished kindergarten. Later, my family moved to the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, looking for a better life and better education for us kids, as unreal as that might sound. The school system in Haiti was very different then. They were mostly private schools, which were very expensive, but my family did the best they could to make sure me and my siblings all went to school.

I later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida with my siblings in 1993 and started High School in the 9th grade at Dillard High. It was quite different from what I was accustomed to back home in Haiti, but I did what I had to do and painfully made it through High School.

I got myself into credit card debt early throughout high school; so I was living paycheck to paycheck. College would have been rough for me anyway at the time since I wasn't totally into school with all the debts that I've accumulated off buying cool sneakers and flashy clothes. I knew I wasn't gonna make it at the average rate I was going with the average mindset that I had; that's when I decided to pay Uncle Sam a visit before it was too late. I quickly enlisted in the US Navy for 4 years right after High School, which I was able to use the Montgomery GI Bill to attend the University of Florida later on. Although I was out of the Navy and all, I had so much passion for the Navy that I had decided to stay in the Navy Reserve with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 14) to remain attached and connected to what the government had offered. Got activated in 2004 and went to Iraq with the battalion for a year, and that was my wake-up call. After that deployment I decided I had enough. I was literally sick and tired of being shot at and getting hit by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). I did my time and paid my dues for this country. There comes a time where a soldier, a marine, or a sailor must say enough is enough so I made my decision to go back to school and finish up what I had started.

After graduating from Florida with a Civil Engineering degree, I quickly got a job working as a Nuclear Engineer in Kittery, Maine and started making some real money which I was able to use to finish paying off the little bit of college student loan that I had acquired during school despite having the GI bill benefit throughout engineering school. Ove...