by Omar Sharief | Sep 7, 2023 | Other
“Just tell me why Jack! You know I don’t expect no favors, but you can’t tell me each one of them dudes was better than me…I saw them at the Job Fair Jack…they looked like they just rolled outta bed!” Jack continued his stand,...
by Omar Sharief | Aug 31, 2023 | Other
Jamal’s wait was finally ending. Two shitty jobs he’d had…moving up $1.50 an hour to the second one…three years in total, intentionally hanging on to them so he didn’t look like some kind of vagrant. Hiring fair…LMT. They’re not...
by Omar Sharief | Aug 24, 2023 | Other
Things were different by High School… Jamal had figured out why Jack had never been able to visit his house. And that didn’t matter anyway, because after Jack got his driver’s license and car, that was squashed (though Jack never stayed the night, but who could...
by Omar Sharief | Jul 27, 2023 | Central MN Stories, Other, Race
They were just two, tiny, 7-year-old boys on the school playground..their first day of the 2nd grade:) Jack was skinny, with long flat hair that flapped around in his ocean blue eyes. He felt that his long hair was annoying, but his gramma said that his eyes, together...
