The Tipping Point
When my husband enrolled at Towson University to obtain a certification for work-study program little did he know the stress associated with it would be the tipping point for his health status change. I remembered his enthusiasm for this program. He wanted to improve his life by adding to his knowledge and skills in computer technologies.
After he was illegally terminated at his work when he filed a complaint for age discrimination to EEOC, he wanted to change his life for the better. This job retraining program from the state gave him the opportunity to do it.
He poured all his energy to this new endeavor. He studied diligently. When he was ready to take the test, he could not believe that out of six months spent in class, the test items included did not cover the scope of the course that he completed.
He was given the wrong test! After all the hard work, he was again “played.” Such was his luck — if not at the brunt of a jealous streak, he was the focus of mean encounters. Even when he fights back and reports wrong doing, he gets seriously pushed back.
Systemic discrimination was the fabric of his experience. It took a long time before I saw this but his experiences were common to people of color. The experience he had as a student at Towson University left him bitter. It changed his positive energy and he felt depressed. It was as if he gave up.
After the abuse he experienced at the bed and mattress store where he worked and illegally terminated, he felt the uneasy wheels of injustice spinning with his case at MCCR, and now this shenanigan with the school. When will these challenges ever stop?
It never did. That was the time when cancer struck. Oh what fate to have the lot of Job!
After he was illegally terminated at his work when he filed a complaint for age discrimination to EEOC, he wanted to change his life for the better. This job retraining program from the state gave him the opportunity to do it.
He poured all his energy to this new endeavor. He studied diligently. When he was ready to take the test, he could not believe that out of six months spent in class, the test items included did not cover the scope of the course that he completed.
He was given the wrong test! After all the hard work, he was again “played.” Such was his luck — if not at the brunt of a jealous streak, he was the focus of mean encounters. Even when he fights back and reports wrong doing, he gets seriously pushed back.
Systemic discrimination was the fabric of his experience. It took a long time before I saw this but his experiences were common to people of color. The experience he had as a student at Towson University left him bitter. It changed his positive energy and he felt depressed. It was as if he gave up.
After the abuse he experienced at the bed and mattress store where he worked and illegally terminated, he felt the uneasy wheels of injustice spinning with his case at MCCR, and now this shenanigan with the school. When will these challenges ever stop?
It never did. That was the time when cancer struck. Oh what fate to have the lot of Job!