There is a systemic disadvantage, one that can be deadly in this country, when you look a certain way. As I progressed and grew in the United States, I came to understand that I had my own set of privileges as a person of color that stemmed from the fact that I was neither black nor visibly hispanic.
Privileges that could be as simple as not migrating countries, or coming from unbroken homes, or even having parents who could offer financial advice. I always believed that my upbringing made me a “person of color.” Someone that brought a unique perspective to workplaces dominated by people who had known privilege most of their lives. We had played outside all summer long so we had turned a lovely brown shade) Racial Experience + Ethnic Experience = ? (This is my dad’s friend, my babysitter’s daughter, my brother and me. The books follow Neil as he is sucked up into an exy team that resembles a more volatile island of misfit toys, and the reader watches as he slowly allows himself to love and be loved by them, like an infant rolling out of a swaddle to lay bare in its mother's arms. He surrenders his life on the run to return to his childhood love, a sport called exy, invented by Sakavic, similar to lacrosse but more violent and far more popular.
The foxhole court book cover series#
The series is about a young boy named Neil who is on the run from his murderous father a boy who, in the last eight years, has gone through nearly countless countries and 22 fake names. I love paper books more than most things in this world. For many this last thing might not be an issue – for myself it was a drawback that, for quite some time, hindered my desire to enter into the series. Consequently, it has very simple covers, quite a few grammar mistakes an editor would have caught, and, worst of all, is all available only as e-books. The series, called "All For the Game," was written by Nora Sakavic and self-published. I suppose I should give some explanation as far as what this book actually is.
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