Clarence William Page is an American.  He is the author and webmaster of this site.  Page is best introduced by the span of positions he has held and mastered.  Those include:

Student orator
Award-winning student author
Student bus driver
Student actor
Student leader (Sr. Class President)
Ass't to Medical Secretary
Summer Recreation Co-director
Army National Guardsman (enlisted)
Medical corpsman
Switchboard operator
Taxicab driver
Army officer (commissioned)
Director of major cultural exposition
Instructor
Investigator
Sales management trainee
Sales Division Manager
Licensed Life insurance Agent
Licensed Life insurance broker
Licensed Property and casualty insurance agent
Licensed Property and casualty insurance broker
Licensed NASD (Registered Rep)
Founder, majority stockholder, CEO of Safety Corporation
Founder, majority stockholder, CEO of insurance brokerage
Notary Public
Church Deacon
Church Director of Youth
Church Missionary
Church instructor of Bible
Baptist Convention Instructor of Bible
Church Assistant Minister
Minister volunteer, American Rescue Workers Mission
Church Pastor
Non-profit telemarketing solicitor
Instructor, Community college
Radio Evangelist
FCC licensed radio station operator
Radio talk program host
Radio music minister
Internet minister
Radio station manager
Radio duopoly manager
Automobile salesman
Ten key operator
Custormer Service consultant
Administrative hearing officer
Ass't Univ. Residence Director
University Residence Director
University Housing Facilities Operations Assistant
Church bishop
Webmaster

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'Wherever you go in the world you will be opposed' were the words of a Caucasian US Army Captain that day as we traded barbs in the desert-situated office.  It was a long long time ago, so long ago in fact that I am no longer sure he used the term "opposed" (he may have said "discriminated against").   At any rate, the message was clear: Your Black skin is the mark of opposition.   Never mind that I was a commissioned officer in the United States Army, serving in one of the most elite of all military professions and starring in my unit.   None of that mattered to the "good Captain".   His consolation was in the belief that I would never be free, never be fully accepted, never be "good enough" anywhere in the world.

Was the captain in error?  Were his disparging remarks the product of wishful thinking only?  Was he just a racist trying to put a "n" "in his place"?  Well, there probably was some error in the statement.  There should be some places in the world (particularly in Africa) that I could go in which I would not be opposed or discriminated against.  That notwithstanding, the possibly gleeful observation of the captain is not altogether false.  There are many many places in the world where my black skin and African features will be "automatically" opposed or discriminated against.  (Empirical evidence supporting the veracity of that statement may be easily distilled right here in the "good ole" United States of America.)

So, what am I to do?  Should I "freeze", become immobilized by fear, discouragement and expectation of failure?  No!  No, and ten thousand times "No!".  Rather I should be challenged.  I should be invigorated.  I should "gird up my loins and conduct myself like a man".  I should prepare to meet the demanding challenges of Planet Earth.  I should seek out and acquire every appropriate useful tool and process that I need to successfully demonstrate to a hostile world that I am a man and I (and my family) will survive, that we will not be denied and that we will thrive.  This is our mandate.  Mandate?  Yes, Mandate!!!

Why "mandate"?  "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein".  God mandated our color.  Inherent in that mandate is our success!  God never fails.  All good success is "God success".  All failure is man-inspired (or Satan-inspired).  The God that mandated our race and color also mandated our success.  His "good news" is to all men and it could not be "good" news and, at the same time, be based in failure.

So, Black person, start where you are, take what you have, find ways to appropriately obtain what you need and move to where God wants you to go.  That is success on Planet Earth!

Finally (and most important), live so close to God that no one can touch you without touching God.