"If you're a Jamaican-American man and you also happen to be bisexual, you should keep it to yourself," Uncle Harold Sampson said to his nephew Jacob "Jake" Sampson. The tall, brawny young black man nodded, and then shook the older black man's hand. The two of them then looked at the Biloxi River, and remained silent for a long time. Harold Sampson, a Jamaican-born former U.S. Army Colonel, had been living in Mississippi for the past twenty years. Even in the modern era, some people's attitudes towards things like race and sexuality simply never changed...
"I hear you, Uncle, I'll watch my back," Jacob Sampson said, and Uncle Harold nodded. After a tumultuous first year at Jackson State University, Jacob's mother Leanne Sampson sent him to spend the summer with his uncle in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi. The young man needed a positive male role model to steer him away from the wrong path, lest he lose everything. Jacob Sampson had been off to a promising career at JSU. He was a tight end on the Jackson State University football team, and excelled in his classes in the business management program. The problem had been Jacob's personal life...
A lot of things happened during Jacob's first year at Jackson State University. School and football were the easy part. The hard part, as previously stated, was Jacob's personal life. Jacob loved his girlfriend Amelia Rios, the sexy Mexican gal who stole his heart. There was also Byron Moore, a bisexual black sportsman from the province of Ontario, Canada, and his girlfriend Whitney Harrison. Those two came along and both ended up confusing Jacob and utterly complicated his life...
Jacob Sampson, born in the City of Tupelo, Mississippi, to a white father, Lincoln Hawkins, and a Jamaican immigrant mother, Leanne Sampson, can be said to be the son of two worlds. Jacob's late father Lincoln Hawkins had been a close friend of his uncle Harold Sampson during their halcyon days in the U.S. Army. In fact, it was Harold Sampson who introduced serviceman Lincoln Hawkins to his younger sister Leanne, and the couple ended up falling in love. Lincoln Hawkins had been engaged to his girlfriend Leanne Sampson, who was pregnant with their son Jacob, when he died during a car crash.
As a fatherless biracial young man, Jacob Sampson didn't seem to fit in anywhere. He grew up to be tall and strong, with an athletic build, dark brown skin, curly black hair and lime-green eyes. Jacob was too dark for some folks and not dark enough for other folks. The state of Mississippi has changed somewhat but certain things never change. In the old days, it was just black folks and white folks. Now there's an influx of Afro-Caribbean, Asian and Latino immigrants, and they've changed the state's demographics and culture to a certain extent. Jacob considered himself brown, rejecting the label black, because it didn't fully explain the truth of what he was...
When Jacob Sampson discovered his bisexuality, it was something of a shock. All his life, Jacob had felt sexually attracted to the ladies, especially them big-booty black southern women. The brother's bedroom was full of posters of big-booty female celebrities like Serena Williams, Lisa Raye, Rihanna and others. Jacob's attraction to women never wavered, but he did begin to feel a slight curiosity about men, something which disturbed him. Why was Jacob having those unwanted thoughts all of a sudden?
Jacob didn't have anyone to turn to, because he didn't want his world to turn upside down. In the U.S. same-sex marriage has been legal for a while, and LGBT people have a lot of power and influence. The world is still a hostile place, especially for bisexual men. The same women who have legions of effeminate gay male friends seemingly genetically engineered to give them fashion and relationship advice would never date a bisexual man. Since the world doesn't tolerate those who feel the way he does, Jacob keeps to himself.
On the streets of Jackson, Mississippi, Jacob often encountered strange men who tried to make eye contact with him, as though inviting him to something. Jacob would avert his eyes and ignore them, and the men got the message. Jacob is slowly warming up to his emerging bisexuality. He has only been with women sexually. He hasn't crossed the line with men yet. What Jacob does with his body is his own business. The LGBT world is too political and too inflexible for Jacob, so he gives them a wide berth. Got to figure things out on his own...
Jacob Sampson was raised in the Southern Baptist Church, and his church leader, a fiery old black man named Minister Johnson Whitmore, preached that queers went straight to Hell. What's a brother to do? Jacob went along with the norm, and focused on his studies at Jackson State University and playing football for the school. Quite a few players from the renowned southern football school had gone on to the National Football League. Jacob wanted to be the next Wade Wilson or Cam Newton, and he actually had a shot at it...
Jacob kept his internal turmoil to himself, and dated a beautiful young woman named Amelia Rios. The short, curvy, bronze-skinned and dark-haired gal was something else. A newcomer to the City of Jackson, Mississippi, by way of Guerrero, Mexico, Amelia was all that and then some. The curvy young Mexican gal surprised many when she tried out for the varsity cheerleading squad and got in. Not just a pretty face, Amelia consistently achieved high honors in the civil engineering department. Jacob was fascinated by Amelia's exploits, and approached the curvy Mexican gal at a house party thrown by his teammate Harrison one evening...
"Hola, el bonito, what took you so long?" Amelia said, looking Jacob up and down before grinning mischievously. Jacob looked at Amelia, who looked hot in a red tank top and yoga pants, plus high-heeled shoes which added to her height of five-foot-four. The petite Mexican beauty was loud and fearless, and had one hell of an ass on her. Jacob heard a lot of things about Latin women and wanted to know if their legendary passion was true...
"Hmm, I was just biding my time, senorita, I'm Jake," Jacob said, extending his hand, which Amelia shook. All around them, folks were wishing Jacob's teammate Dwight Harrison, a tall, slim white dude with red hair, a happy birthday. Harrison, who scored the winning touchdown during Jackson State University football team's big game against Florida A & M, had become the hometown hero overnight. Jacob and Amelia paused to clap for Harrison, and then resumed their chat while drinking coronas.
"Hmm, so, Jake, where are you from?" Amelia asked, and Jacob winced before answering her. One of the many things which Jacob hated about being a biracial man in the state of Mississippi was people constantly asking where he was from, or which one of his parents was black. Jacob often told them that he was mixed-race, like President Obama, or golfer Tiger Woods, or The Rock. Biracial male celebrities exist, isn't it about time America stopped fetishizing mixed-race people?
