I Got There: How a Mixed-Race Kid Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Arrive at the American Dream

JeVon McCormick

Language: English

Publisher: BookBaby

Published: Oct 18, 2018

Description:

"I'm not a drug dealer.

I'm not a rapper.

I'm not an athlete.

But I am very successful."

That's not how you're supposed to open a speech if you're a successful businessman. Especially if you're a successful minority businessman in America.

But I'm no ordinary businessman, this was no ordinary speech, and I've had no ordinary life.

JT McCormick shouldn't have succeeded.

He was born the mixed-race son of a negligent, drug-dealing pimp father and a struggling, single mother. He was raised in the slums of Dayton, Ohio, suffered incredible abuse and racism, and had multiple stints in the juvenile justice system. He barely graduated high school and has no college degree.

But succeed he did.

Starting by scrubbing toilets, JT hustled and worked his way into better opportunities, eventually finding incredible success in the mortgage industry. He was on top of the world.

And then it all fell apart. He lost his job, and...