Is to ask them, “Are you looking for a job?”
It’s such a revolutionary idea, that I’m not sure they thought of it.
I don’t want to alarm you or make you aware of real world issues, but in 2024, your pap-pap, mee-maw, uncle Kevin, and a myriad of others (maybe even you) said, “It’s too many niggas out here getting money, let’s crash this plane”. First and foremost, as a hater, I respect it. If I felt like I was getting replaced in society, or something of the sort, I would just get better at my craft and work harder, BUT, making this shit impossible for anybody who isn’t already rich is a chess move that is unparalleled, bravissmo.
While your friends situation may differ than mine, I’ve been looking for a job since 2024, while I was actively working. The place I was working replaced upper management and thanks to my advanced degree, I recognized that I would be first on the chopping block. So, I spent the next year going absolutely dumb AND job hunting, but as I expressed before, I got a capital “Q” in my name, so I have and will continue to have no chance. It was reiterated by a lawyer, who told me in a phone call, “You are a black man in Orange County, you have no shot”. A sales agent said, “We don’t know how the non-DEI mandates will impact this film”. There maybe a few outside factors, but my Spidey-sense is tingling, and I’m starting to feel like this was all by design. A project if you will, implemented in 2025.
It’s already embarrassing enough that I’ve had to make posts online about being broke as FUCK. It’s not enough that I’ve reached out to friends asking if they had any work, to no avail. It’s not enough that this is ruining the spectacular run I’ve been on since 2024. It’s not enough that everything I’ve built has fallen and been reduced to rubble (this dramatic as hell). I had to sell my secondary camera, I’ve sold equipment, I’ve been working as a sports trainer, a flag football trainer, a maintenence man, a gardener, I’ve been doing landscaping, I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. That’s life, and it’s the way it’s always been for me.
If I hadn’t created a lasting impression on people, I wouldn’t have the community I have today. Currently, they’re helping me get through this (for which I am forever grateful). I’ve been trying to set myself up for success in the face of this “Adversity” (heavy on the air quotes), but “These niggas can hold me back”. I’m not a dickrider, so I have to be honest about what’s going on; the people in this country are creating and maintaining a criminal enterprise and we currently live under a dictatorship. No one wants to believe or admit it, because that would mean they have to be accountable and admit they got duped by the most obvious duper of all-time. Americans love being scammed and they don’t have enough backbone to do anything about it, so here we are. I on the other hand, I seen the bullshit coming from miles away, and I thought I could escape it, but the timing hasn’t worked out. Over the course of the past two years, I’ve filled out applications on LinkedIn, Indeed, Reddit, Craigslist, Jobcase, Monster, I’ve created a Yelp page, I’ve put together an entirely new plan for my next documentary. I’ve pitched it, I’ve secured a date, I’ve done everything I possibly could to keep myself from drowning, but the social contract between good ol’ Merica and myself is only being held up on one end.
My resume is pretty outstanding if I do say so myself. I have more skill than you, I have the ability to acquire skills, I’m more knowledgable, I’m recognized in my field, I can fabricate, originate, decipher, recreate, I can do all the things; when people have an issue, they call me (Please stop doing that, figure it out for yourself). I am burnt out on this country, society, and the people placed in it (YOU), because a good portion of you are riding the coattails of others success (ME). I’ve seen NUMEROUS amounts of people straight up biting things I do, from speech patterns, to phrases, just straight up stealing my identity. A less confident version of myself questioned it, but I can’t make this shit up anymore. So when you ask me “Are you looking for a job”, I’m asking you to please develop a little more emotional depth. I would prefer you not even ask me about my employment situation, because there is no employment situation. People are literally making shit up on the internet, they are saying and doing things, to scrum up $2.98 on social media, the jobs being offered don’t exist. LinkedIn is bullshit, blah, blah, blah, America said “No more niggas is getting money on my watch”, and they meant that shit. As my lawyer said, “I got no chance”, so I have to pray that the home run I hit last year finally lands because, whatever dog; either way I had a good run.
That’s the long answer. The short answer is, “Yea I’m looking, no luck yet, thanks.”