As of Tuesday, 1/27, I resigned from my job at FedEx out of principle. It’s not that there were not also good people there; it’s that I could not continue to stand by a company that did not even reprimand my coworkers for clearly racist remarks. This clear racial profiling amongst my coworkers of the communities we served and defense of their right to collaborate with ICE on these matters demonstrated poor judgment and a misunderstanding of the peoples of and lengthy history of emigration in Minnesota. I am still new to learning this history, though I was born and raised here, but I am not new to the racial demarcation.  

Because my resignation was more of a swift blow to me than The Man, though hopefully quite the statement I intended it to be, I was forced to be reliant upon my community for support. They came through.

Today, I am not without my vice/habit (tobacco). I was able to get a haircut and put food in the fridge. & I will not be defaulting on my mortgage payment this month with threat of being put out on the streets in winter shortly thereafter. 

Eugene’s 2026 Reading List

I’ve had more time to read. 

I hope that by following my ethics on these matters and doing what I believe was the right thing to do that more doors will be open to me.