Alan Xavier is the name and adventure is the nature of my game. I'm a six-foot-two, somewhat chubby but still quite good-looking young black man living in the town of Brockton, Massachusetts. I attend Bartleby College, where I major in Business Administration. I come from a somewhat well-off Haitian-American family. My father, Joseph Xavier is a civil engineer working for one of Boston's top companies. My mother, Helen James Xavier is a professor of literature at Lesley University. We live in a nice duplex in the city of Brockton's quietly affluent West Side. And life has been good to us. Even in these economically challenging times. I guess we have a lot to be thankful for. Still, I lead a pretty sedentary lifestyle. Which is probably why I crave adventure so much.
Folks, I got something to confess. I crave excitement. I guess you could say that I'm an adrenaline junky. Side effect of living a sheltered lifestyle. Back in Brockton, I attended Cardinal Spellman Academy, a private Catholic school. My parents wanted me to go to Northeastern University, another lily-white private institution. I wanted to be around my own people for a change. I was sick and tired of being the token black guy at traditionally white institutions. So I opted for Bartleby College, the only four-year historically black college in the state of Massachusetts. A black-owned private school whose faculty and students would be friendly to black students because they're black themselves. According to their website, eighty percent of the student body was of African-American descent. Hispanics and Asians made up twelve percent and Caucasians made up the remaining eight percent. Attending a prestigious private school where black students were the majority? I couldn't pass up such a chance!
Bartleby College was highly recommended by my cousin Samuel Xavier, the weirdest guy in my family. Our favorite trickster, adventurer and prankster. He's a big and tall black man who's openly bisexual. Not an easy thing to do when you're a Haitian-American. Samuel Xavier has always been about breaking barriers. He's a self-published black erotica author, bisexual activist and men's issues specialist. He does volunteer work aimed at helping male victims of abuse. The man is bold, and utterly shameless. And he thinks very highly of himself. Also, he changes boyfriends and girlfriends more often than he changes haircuts. My parents don't like Samuel. They think he's a hothead. I've always thought he was cool. So when he told me Bartleby College was the place for me, I listened to what the man had to say.
