"He's one of those dudes who feels like there's no better opportunity for a black boy in this country than to join the army. That's literally how he always put it"
"I didn’t need ROTC. But I did it, and I did it good, because my dad was pretty much making me."
"I joined to get my dad off my back. To make him happy."Whatever.
JROTC
I'm Rashad, enrolled in ROTC, even though I hate it and the uniforms, just to keep my dad's pressure off me.
Slajd: 2
"And that’s all I was thinking about as I crammed into a bathroom stall after school—partying, and how I wasn’t wanting to be in that stiff-ass uniform another minute."
Rashad here, Friday means to party, no rules, just party and nothing else.