My name is Cody Johnson. I'm a big and tall young Black man living in Champion City, Massachusetts. I'm a student at Sanders College, a historically Black private school. It's the setting of this brother's adventures. I'm captain of the Men's intercollegiate Football team, and a man in my position is quite popular on campus. And that's part of the problem. Everybody knows me. I can't shit without somebody finding out about it. I have certain aspects of my life that I don't need everyone knowing about. For starters, I'm bisexual. What I've learned is that if you're gay or bisexual and you play NCAA Division One Football, you should keep it to yourself.
Sanders College is an accredited school offering associates, bachelors and masters degrees in more than seventy fields. We have a Law School, a Business School and a Medical School. The institution has a student population of eleven thousand, most of whom come from the Champion City Metropolitan area. Many students hail from nearby towns like Randolph, Bridgewater and Avon. My native Champion City has about one hundred thousand people, and fifty two percent of the population is of African-American, Cape Verdean, Asian, Native American and Hispanic descent. It's one of the most diverse towns in Massachusetts. I feel right at home here. The Mayor of Champion City is an openly gay African-American. The Chief of Police is a lady of Asian and Hispanic descent. Yeah, people of color have come a long way here.
Sanders College is fielding an intercollegiate football team for the first time since it was founded in 1969 by a group of African-American activists and philanthropists. This has really put us on the map. Enrollment increased by ten percent this year. Fifty eight percent of the students are Black, twenty two percent are Hispanic or Asian, and twenty percent are Caucasian. I can live with those demographics. Finally a college where a brother doesn't feel uncomfortable, you know. There are so many brothers and honeys out here. I love seeing my fellow African-Americans pursuing higher education. More brothers and sisters need to step up and get things done. We can accomplish anything. If we work hard enough to overcome life's and society's challenges. I think our President Barack Obama proves that.
There are quite a few guys on campus this year. Male enrollment has risen and we make up forty nine percent of the freshman class. That's not bad. Not bad at all. Why is that important? Simply because of the gender quota issues brought by Title IX, folks. If there aren't enough men on campus to represent, the Powers That Be are going to chop the men's varsity sports teams. I don't want that to happen. Women make up fifty three percent of the total student body. And they have a lot more athletic endeavors available to them. The men don't need to lose what little they have. As of 2009, the Sanders College Department of Athletics sponsors Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Soccer, Rifle, Swimming, Ice Hockey, Golf, Wrestling, Volleyball, Tennis and Track & Field. For student-athletes of the feminine persuasion, they offer Women's Intercollegiate Softball, Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Bowling, Gymnastics, Fencing, Swimming, Ice Hockey, Field Hockey, Water Polo, Rugby, Rifle, Golf, Wrestling, Volleyball, Lacrosse, Track & Field and Archery. Our teams are known as the Soaring Eagles and Lady Eagles. We compete in the NCAA Division One. Did you see? The women have far more sports teams than the men do. That's why we need more men on campus. To protect what we have.
Gender equality is a funny concept in higher education circles, folks. Apparently the only way women can compete with men is if things are deliberately shifted to their favor. Whether they deserve it or not. And they get what they want. Unfairly so, I might add. Of course, this isn't an opinion I care to share with the people around me. The President of Sanders College is Elisabeth Brownstone, a tall, butch-looking Black woman who was once a powerhouse during the early days of the WNBA. She was a pioneer in many ways. After retiring from the WNBA and earning her MBA from Howard University, she returned to her alma mater, Sanders College, as a professor. A decade later, she was now the school's president. Dr. Elisabeth Brownstone is a darling of the media. She's really popular with feminists. I think she's a man-hating witch. Pure and simple. There are a lot of Black females in collegiate America who fall into the category of man-haters. A brother has to watch out. Other women are man-haters too but I don't date outside my race. Nothing against it but it's just not for me.
Now, I don't trust these females on campus. Every five minutes one of them accuses a brother of sexual harassment or worse. I don't need that kind of trouble. I want to get my degree in biology from Sanders College and then either get into Medical School or play for the National Football League. Either one would please me. I've always been good with my hands. Whether I'm playing football with my buddies or tending to an injured friend or a pet. People are surprised that a big and tall football player like me is a medical student in the making. They probably subscribe to the stereotype about us athletes not being brainy. I don't pay attention to these fools. There are lots of smart men playing sports. You don't last long in college sports or professional sports if you're dumb. Trust me on that one. Brawn can only get you so far. You've got to wise up.