Land of the Free, Home of the Corrupt

By Christopher Gousse

The Country that people change their whole lives for. The Country that swears everyone is equal and free. The Country that swears to serve and protect ALL of its citizens. The Country that keeps secrets from its people. The Country that arms its police officers and lets them shoot the same citizens that they swore to serve and protect, just beca

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gousse Book Publishing
• Release date: Apr 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781087855882

Christopher Gousse

Christopher Gousse was born in Decatur Georgia, amongst two older sisters, and a fraternal twin brother. As a kid, he always would dream of helping anyone in need, but mainly, getting his family out of those tough situations. He saw a lot and did a lot. Not much of the right things, but one thing about Chris is whatever he starts, he finishes, and that's been that way from a kid, no matter how long it takes, or how many times he was told no, or he can't do something. Christopher uses the things around him, to determine how he should move. He studies his environment, and he lets the pain, and suffering from the people around him, fuel him to keep going because he's been through the same problems that most people in his neighborhood deal with on a daily basis.

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to The Country of Haiti, the Gousse Family, the Bridges family, the Ushery Family, the Billue family, and the Fuqua Family.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First, I would like to thank my uncle Fred for giving me the chance to speak my mind and let him know about the idea of even wanting to begin to write a book. It all started with a phone call, from you, Uncle Fred, the rest was history.

I would also like to thank Quality Press, as well as Amber Books Publishing. Without you guys, that dream would have never been made possible without the wonderful work that you guys do.

I am grateful for all of the sources of information I have gotten to put this book together. The most important source I would like to give a special thanks to is my neighborhood… Stone Mountain, Georgia; Lithonia/StoneCrest, Georgia; and DeKalb County, Georgia. These were very special places, because they made me the person that I was, which created the person I am today.

Let’s not forget my Beautiful soon to be wife, Kadeesha Petty, for not letting me give up. You are my love and my rock, you keep me grounded.

Introduction

The Country that people change their whole lives for. The Country that swears everyone is equal and free. The Country that swears to serve and protect ALL of its citizens. The Country that keeps secrets from its people. The Country that arms its police officers and lets them shoot the same citizens that they swore to serve and protect, just because they feared for their life. Yes, this has everything to do with black America, manipulated by the U.S. government, mass shootings, self-respect for oneself, and others, both in the black community, as well as society.

We look upon things, like they’re owed to us by our oppressors, when nothing is owed to anybody. We look upon our oppressors to save us, when we as a community have to do the saving not only for ourselves, but for someone that looks like you, as well as someone who simply may not know how. Things have been categorized into sections, better known as different races, for a very long time, but last time I checked, there is and always will be one race, which is the human race.

Chapter One

Black people aren’t the only people who are being dehumanized in this Country. Our women are suffering at an all-time high. Ninety-six percent of the one point two million households in the top one percent by income were white. America’s 100 richest people control more wealth than the entire black population. The five largest white landowners own more land than all black people combined. The average black family would need two hundred twenty-eight years to build the wealth of a white family today. What is to be done?

As of year 2019, there were 7,714,576,923 people in the world alone. Three hundred twenty-three of them were shot by police in 2019. Nine hundred and ninety-eight in 2018. Nine hundred and eighty-six in 2017. Nine hundred and sixty-two in 2016, and nine hundred and ninety-four in 2015.

As projected each year, the population is set to drop every year. The U.S. population was made up of 328,285,992 people as of January 2019. There were so many people that felt like we should have accepted what we were told, mainly us, as a black community. About half, maybe even more than that, make up this country that must have the acceptance of others for them to do anything. Do you ever watch those motivational videos, and see what they say? Most people say they want something, but the work behind it, that’s where you see most people start to fall astray the following week; and then the excuses start rolling out.

That’s why kids have problems finishing a task, or even being self-empowered to do something different, or challenging than what they see on TV. No, I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being a rapper, or a ball player, but we as a black community have to start being realistic with our children and stop letting TV and the internet paint an image of false living. In today’s time, we more so care about the clothes on our back and shoes on our feet, than what we put in our body, both physically and mentally.

Kids today frown on those that want to be different, that’s why social media will continue to control our kids. The two things that influence or that appeal to the black eye, are social media, and rap music, both which play an allusion of what they think is real. The women in today’s time, mainly the black woman, who has a ton of things to deal with, including both physical and mental distress from all directions, whether it is dealing with self, or dealing with a job, or even the black man. It’s just sad, and I tip my hat for those that go through it, and still manage to be true to oneself. Being true to self doesn’t really exist in the black community.

Most of the women today bash themselves, as well as other women, if they don’t have the following: flawless skin, a big booty, big breasts, and the longest hair; and if they don’t have at least one of these attributes, they are looked upon as different, and different in today’s black society is wrong. You hear it in the songs. Most of the time, the rapper is talking about it in the music; rap music is enjoyed by about ninety percent blacks, if not one hundred percent participate in the enjoyment of it.

Most of the listening comes from the younger generation, in which the women are told by black men and women that you must look this type of way to do this; or be with that person, or for that group of people to like you; even to get a job in some cases. What can you tell that young lady, when she has a family to feed, or just to make an everyday living? Even with it just being a dream that she had for so long, it’s in arms reach. She’s going to get those bigger breasts and bigger butt. Why? Because they manipulate your way of thinking, just to have you look the way they want you to look, the way society wants you to look all for likes and views.

Does it really have to be this way? Most of the time, the media, the blogs, the TV shows, the rap music all tell the same stories, get money, fuck bitches, do drugs, get this work done on your body, etc.; and if you don’t, we really don’t give a fuck. Another issue is that the woman’s work, as far as being an artist, already has to deal with the manipulation of their male counterparts. The alarming reality faced with black women today is being with a man for their money. There are actual songs that are played over and over, teaching the young women of this generation to say, if the nigga don’t got no money, I can’t do nothing with him, or even teaching dependency to women of color to say, "I got my own money, but I’d rather spend all his money, knowing that I can get it myself.

The black male is influenced by the rap music a little more seriously than the black female. They’re joining gangs behind it; they’re thinking it’s normal to do drugs and to sell them, as the only means of making money; getting a job isn’t cool. Most of these rappers have a much bigger platform, much bigger voice to be heard, than that young lady or young man that listens to them every single day. That is the biggest excuse you can give, as to why you as the young man, or the young lady can’t speak up, and be heard. It just might take a little longer, but that’s the problem as I mentioned before, we want others to fight for us, instead of fighting for ourselves.

CHAPTER TWO

I once heard something, if you’re not willing to change the issues that our community faces every day, then why complain? Instead of just shouting out the hood, or telling the bad things that you