"the world is on edge..."
"we want some change
and we want it now.."
Ricardo Dube
This is a difficult
but extraordinary
moment in time
and I would like to take
this opportunity
to talk about my story
and the reason why
I started AMO.
"I’ve been in Canada
for over thirty some years
and I never could
quite feel at home
I always thought to myself
what am I doing here."
Although i arrived in Canada in 1981,
i got my full citizenship only in 1994.
Looking back at my adoption..
I think that the major reason why it didn't work in my case as to do with a system that was ill prepared at the time to support and help adopted kids and their adoptive parents.
Born in the poorest
country in the world,
abandoned at a young age,
adopted by French Canadians
my story is one of a kind
and I think that I am the right
and perfect person
to talk about multiculturalism
and what should be done
to make it better.
I was fortunate enough
to escape Haiti harsh reality
only to wake up
in a multicultural world
where languages,
sexual orientation
and religions collides
and dictate someone's
chance to succeed.
After my adoptive
parents divorced,
I was send to live with my
adoptive dad and his boyfriend
in Quebec City.
It was not eazy growing up
in the mid 80s early 90s
having to deal with racism
and people sarcasracism
towards my adoptive dad
homosexuality.
I couldn't find someone
or something I could relate to.
30 years later
I still find hard
to relate to someone
with the same
background as me.
I think there's a huge gap
that needs to be adjusted
when it comes to fair
multicultural opportunities
in reality versus what
we see on TV.
With the vision that I had in 2019,
with 30 plus years of observation,
with a book series, a sound track
a documentary in the making
and a multi million dollar lawsuit
my story is far from being over.
It is time to re-establish
multiculturalism soul purpose
it is time to remodel
multiculturalism economic concept
throughout North America
and the rest of the world.
