Bad Dogs
A Black Cadet in Dixie
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Publisher Description
Inspired by actual events, this timely, gritty, and thought-provoking novel chronicles the four-year college experiences of Jon Quest, an African American student from the North who is attending a prestigious military university in the South. Jon does not live by the code dictated to African Americans in the South and is therefore repeatedly the target of racist attacks...until he starts fighting back.
Despite constant assaults, Jon refuses to be intimidated by the school's racist students who do not want "his kind" at their esteemed university. His journey to empowerment has begun. He rises to a position of leadership and respect among his peers and begins working to improve conditions for other Blacks on campus. His "take-no-prisoners" efforts focus on eliminating the racial terrorism which is so prevalent at his university. As he continues his campaign of racial empowerment, Jon adeptly uses the very system previously set up to hold them back. But an incident occurs that puts him and the other Blacks on campus in the crosshairs and threatens all they've worked to accomplish. In desperation, Jon forms a secret vigilante squad to protect himself and his friends, and to mete out retribution to those who escape accountability.
Readers are taken on an emotional ride on the roller coaster of racism through the eyes of a recipient of this inexplicable hatred, as this country's leaders of tomorrow reveal their true feelings about white privilege and ingrained racism. The story boldly presents an uncomfortable reality in a raw and thought-provoking manner and shows how many of tomorrow's leaders are infected by yesterday's racism.
Customer Reviews
Great story of courage, perseverance, faith and will! Adrian-Macon, GA
Bad Dogs is a fictional account of actual events which occurred in a Southern Military College. The story vividly captures the climate which existed in most if not all Military Institutions of higher learning during the mid-late 80’s. Integration of these great institutions had not long transpired and racial issues, to include the gamut from verbal, psychological and physical harassment were on full display, particularly in a Southern institution like the one described in this Book. It’s an age old story, in many ways, of that fight we have all seen movies and/or read about regarding the fight for equality in sports leagues, corporate America, Hollywood, Government and the list goes on. This is a fresh, compelling, up close and personal story about that fight at a Prestigious Military Institution spearheaded by a young man who refused to give up, give in, concede or quit in the face of what had to feel like insurmountable odds. The fights waged in this novel led to that incremental change Dr. King spoke of when he said “the moral arc of justice is long but it bends towards justice”. Those fights from the 80’s described in this book inspired those that followed to keep fighting for change. Songs, words, practices and symbols of hate and oppression have mostly been erased as a result of those seeds planted in the 80’s and cultivated by those who came after. This story is as poignant today given the divisive climate in our nations politics as compared to the racial climate at M.U.T.S. in the 80’s. Its a stark reminder that there is still work to be done!!!