My name is Derrick Jean-Renald. A big and tall young Black man of Haitian descent living in the City of Ottawa, Province of Ontario. I'm originally from the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec. While growing up in the Haitian-dominated suburb of Montreal-Nord, I wasn't exactly an angel. I got into some trouble, and my parents sent me to my uncle and aunt's spot in Ottawa, Ontario, because they felt the big Metropolis of Montreal offered too much temptation for a young Black man. After I flunked out of Concordia University and lost my scholarship, I couldn't argue with my folks. Something had to be done. I wasted too much time partying, drinking and getting into fist fights with racist Quebecers in the City of Montreal. A chance of venue would be better for me indeed, even though I missed the City of Montreal sorely during my first months in the City of Ottawa.
I enrolled at Carleton University in the town of Nepean near Ottawa. The University of Ottawa wouldn't take me after looking at my grades from Concordia University and I definitely didn't want to study at Algonquin College or La Cite Collegiale. Carleton University was my last chance at University. Fortunately, they accepted me and my life changed. I ended up finding purpose, improving my life, and finding love. I met this big Black guy named Leonard Johnson. He's of Jamaican descent though he's originally from the City of Boston, Massachusetts. We don't get a lot of Black American guys up here. Leonard and I became good friends. In fact, I encouraged his shy ass to ask out Ashley Luong, this Vietnamese chick he knew from one of his classes. Thankfully he listened to my advice and began dating the gal of his dreams.
At first, I focused exclusively on school but began getting bored. You see, I needed some pussy badly. I love Black women and the City of Ottawa has lots of them. Haitian women. Jamaican women. Djibouti women. Somali women. Ethiopian women. Congolese women. South African women. Eritrean women. Afro-Brazilian women. Next to Montreal and Toronto, Ottawa is the Canadian City with the most Black folks. I thought those sexy Black ladies in Ottawa would be welcoming to a Haitian brother from the City of Montreal. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. You see, Ottawa is a very different place from Montreal. In the City of Montreal, Black folks have made lots and lots of social and economic progress.
For starters, Haitians have been coming to the City of Montreal, Quebec, since the 1950s. Racial diversity is something new in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. The people of Montreal are used to seeing Black lawyers, Black doctors and Black folks teaching in High Schools, Colleges and Universities. A Black man recently became Mayor of Amos City, not too far from Montreal. The City of Ottawa isn't like the City of Montreal at all. I used to think Quebecers were racist but they got nothing on White folks from the City of Ottawa. The White people of Ottawa aren't used to seeing educated and upwardly mobile Black men and Black women. They stare at you a lot if you're Black. And they try to make you feel like you're less than. If you're weak, you might buy into their shit. I'm not weak. Unfortunately, Black folks in Ottawa aren't as strong as Black folks in Montreal. As a result, Black women in Ottawa think of White men as demigods and have turned their backs on Black men. And the Black men of Ottawa have turned to chubby White women for comfort. It's a mad world, man!
What's a Haitian brother to do in a place like Ottawa? I decided to stay alone. I'm not into White chicks. I find them supremely fake. They act like they like Black men but these fake bitches lower their eyes or switch sidewalks when they see us coming. Date somebody like that? Never! I envied Leonard's relationship with Ashley Luong. The Jamaican-American dude was really in love with the Vietnamese chick and I could tell that she worshiped him. I had never seen an Asian chick who liked Black men before. I thought all Asian women were programmed to worship White males. I guess I was wrong. Through Leonard, Ashley and I became friends. She encouraged me to go out there and meet women. How could I explain to her that the weird Black women of Ottawa didn't light my fire? I'm a strong Black man who wants a strong and beautiful Black woman by his side. I don't want one of those self-loathing Black women from the City of Ottawa who despise Black men and think of White men as God's finest creation. I'm from Montreal-Nord, the Haitian section of the City of Montreal. There I've met strong and powerful Black men. I don't think White men are gods. I've beaten up enough racist White guys in Montreal-Nord to know that White guys aren't all that tough. One of them begged for mercy after I kicked his ass. What a punk!