Young, black, and broke with a BFA from a high-priced NYC art school I set out to make a career as a designer only to have art directors slam doors in my face because they didn't know my work. After a few years of dead-end retail jobs decided to add to my insecurity by pursuing jobs as an actor/singer. After the job market took a dive suddenly I'm living back home with my folks and working as a temp while working as a male escort. Clearly I'm never going to have a normal life. Read on...
5.08.2013
Being the Big, Black Gatekeeper
It's been a week since my assignment at the doctor's private practice ended and I really miss the constant calls from patients ordering drugs like a stoner at a McDonald's drive-thru. Not to mention the various doctors calling in consults for patients with infectious disease, especially those that indulged favoritism when it was the spouse of a fellow doctor or a celebrity. I also miss the people who used to cry over the phone when I had to turn them away because they were unable to schedule an appointment with the doctor's office. In short, I miss being the big, black gatekeeper that put the kibosh on white entitlement. There, I said it.
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