"Fuck that bitch," I said aloud as I checked my messages on my iPhone, and realized that it had been two days since I heard from Inaya Yusuf, a certain Somali Muslim chick I met downtown a couple of weeks ago. Not a good sign considering that we just had our first date at Starbucks inside the Saint Laurent Mall in the east end of Ottawa. Not again, I thought bitterly.
I feel a slight twinge of disappointment and regret in my chest. I had high hopes for Inaya Yusuf. Like a lot of young Black men living in north America, I am sick and tired of seeing men who look like me dead at the hands of racist cops in the news. That's why I went to a local Black Lives Matter protest. I met Inaya Yusuf there and the cute Somali sister was on fire, so passionate about the cause. I thought she was cool. Oh, well. Live and learn, eh? I got off the train and walked through campus, intent on making my way to the library.
"Yo, Suleiman, what's up?" came a vaguely familiar voice, and I turned to see Amina Said, this Arab chick I met a while ago. Tall and plump, busty and wide-hipped, with dark bronze skin, dark eyes and dark hair perpetually tucked away under her Hijab, Amina isn't bad-looking but way too religious and uptight for my liking. Add to that the fact that she went out with Malik Berhanu, an Ethiopian bastard whose guts I hate, and you can fathom why I was less than enthused to see her.
"As Salam Alaikum, Amina," I replied politely, and Amina and I made small talk in front of the University Center building, and then, mercifully, she wished me a good day and walked away. I watched Amina walk away, and couldn't help admiring her thick ass, which seemed to stick out even though she had a traditional long skirt on. Hijabi with a thick ass, if I had a fetish, this one would be it. Shaking my head, I walked away.
Alright, before we go any further, some logistics. My name is Salomon Valmont, but ever since I embraced Islam, I go by Suleiman. There aren't a lot of Haitian Muslims but I am proud to say that I am one of them. I'm six-foot-one, burly and broad-shouldered, with dark brown skin and a thick Afro. I'm a student at Carleton University where I major in Criminology. Just a guy trying to navigate through life in the dreaded Capital, that's me.