This book is dedicated to my sons Patrick and Jackson, my
source of inspiration and energy.
“Sibi Aequum”
Patrick Brown is a Naval officer. This book is dedicated to my two sons. It is written to help guide those African American males, young and more wise, to help them deal with the pressures and challenges facing them on a daily basis.
With the increasing number of women, not only in the workforce, but also in high-powered positions, the family responsibilities beyond bringing home the bacon is finally catching up to the millions of men in the workforce. These added responsibilities are changing the male role within the family structure. For African American males, these pressures are exponentially intensified because of the obscure inequalities facing them in the workplace, the struggle to claim their identity, and the challenge to overcome this adversity in the eyes of their women. Brown releases his inner personal frustrations through a fiction genre capturing the feelings and experience that African American men are struggling with everyday. He sheds light on issues facing the 30 ‘Something’ African American males and offer, not solutions, but avenues to overcome these challenges. This generation of black males is educated more than ever before, whether on the streets or in the classroom. However, deep down inside, we’re still lost, disconnected. Draper’s Passion brings us together.