A SECOND CALLING
I retired in 2010 which is when I took up writing, which is what I’m doing now. I consider writing as a second calling or perhaps an extension of my life’s work. In my journey through life I have made some serious observations regarding human behavior and the human reaction to existing circumstances. There were a number of, what I considered world shaking things that I had hoped to get done. Perhaps the phrase “please remember me not for what I’ve done but for the other things I always meant to do” applies to why I have decided to write. Maybe all the things I didn’t get done in my career can be perfected in writing and others can gain from my vision. I truly hope that some of my dreams can be adopted by future generations and they will be able to benefit from them.
I have written four books of which, The Sky is Changing is the first one I have published. It has been made into an audiobook; I hope you will take the time to listen to it and that it will either make you think or make you angry, as it is raw. I believe that most of us know what the problems are but we don’t have real solutions for them so we are frustrated and angry. I hope to open some minds and release some of that pressure!
A MESSAGE FROM AUTHOR EONJE RIGHT
Generation after generation African Americans have begun their lives with meager assets. Despite great ideas, enthusiasm and energy have been forced to primarily play dependent roles for their bread and butter. Whether it was the Vice President of Negro Relations or the Janitor, there exists a dependency on White American companies for daily survival.
After the battles of the 1960’s and jobs became available to African Americans the blacks hired were those who did not do the fighting! Primarily because they were less threatening. The same characteristics prized in slavery.
Who knows whether these hires were made consciously or out of tradition (best practices) as to what constitutes a good Negro. However, I do know the result has been dependency and an underlying fear of disturbing the Gravy Train.
The jobs of today require specific training and expertise while our kids are making too much money in the drug trade, receiving too little home training, wearing their pants below their IQ and 50% are dropping out of high school.
Things are still at the point, for too many, that each generation is starting with little or nothing. There is no point in rehashing the problem. All of what exists has been predicted. H. Ross Perot told us the manufacturing jobs were going to leave and we kept our heads in the sand. We have known for decades the damage the welfare system has done to our families, but we kept our heads in the sand.
No one needs to cite again the failures African Americans have experienced in education. Get your heads out of the sand! God told the Prophet Ezekiel that the people would not hear his message until they had been brought to their knees. Ezekiel was sent by God to the Valley of the Dry Bones to Prophesy to them and so he did. But they were slow to respond so God told Ezekiel to tell it to the wind. Hear the wind blowing, see the Sky Changing; change your mind, change your strategy, change your tactics and change your circumstances!!!
TESTIMONIALS
ENOJE RIGHT’S SELECTED WORKS
THE SKY IS CHANGING
From Kemet to NYC; ancient keys to positive social change. The African American Family is in disarray due to an unworkable social contract. Causing confusion in the home and anarchy in the streets. The problems are complex, but the answers are simple. Misguided policies keep the answers from implementation. However, many of the solutions are evolving on their own, but in the worst ways and will make things worse before policies are forced to change. Change is inevitable, it is the only thing promised in life.
Everything will change. We must get ahead of the change and shape it to our advantage. Change or be crushed by the wheels of change. Change your mind, change your strategy, change your tactics and change your circumstance!!! The sky IS changing.
COMING SOON
E+ ,THE AFRICAN ADVENTURE
African America (Afram) is an unrecognized nation, even by its own citizens; however all of our members feel the connection and pride themselves on the few obvious successes (athletes, entertainers, black churches and superstars in academia). Afram is a nation of African descent but is distinct from those on the Continent. But Afram is not sovereign.
E+ ,COMING OF AGE
How does a boy know when he becomes a man? When he becomes 21 years old? It’s a mystery and far too many young African American Males are trying to solve this mystery without a clue. Eonje Right, Jr. (the main character in this novel), who is known to his friends as simply “E”; is typical of the young black men who grew up during the Baby Boom years after WWII, looking for a way to distinguish himself.