Are We Losing Our Best and Brightest to Racism? ...
Jean Liggins is a 29-year-old biracial native Angeleno who fled America to escape the harsh realities of relentless systemic racism. Despite his exceptional talent, intelligence, and good looks, after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University, he found himself loading trucks for $8.75 an hour, minimum wage. Jean’s crowning glory, glorious waist-length wooly dreadlocks, and golden skin tone announced his heritage to the world—a source of personal pride that rendered ridicule, rejection, and revenge from white America. Jean Liggins now lives in Australia as an Australian citizen, and his story begs the question, “Are We Losing the Best and Brightest to Racism?” …