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Carrell Cargle Jr.'s avatar

Tell the truth, Mr. Okeem. I have made myself familiar with your writings, and it is an outrage that profoundly intelligent Conservatives of color like you are ignored, in favor of buffoons like Mark Robinson and grifters like Candace Owens! I will be praying for you and your work.

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Chidike Okeem's avatar

Thanks for reading and for your support. I appreciate it.

I fully understand that my positions are too eclectic and unpredictable to be useful to any one group, and I am completely fine with that. If I wanted fame, I would choose a political side and write fervently and rigidly in favor of that side. That's how you build a strong political brand that people enthusiastically promote. I'm uninterested in that. I write what I like. If it's just for two people, then so be it. I could have chosen the Candace Owens path many years ago, but I have entirely too much self-respect for that. I chose to become a professor instead of building my life around writing for a political rag to pay my bills. Fame/popularity is of no interest to me at all. Extra money is always nice, but I am unwilling to sell my soul for it.

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