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Why Karl Joseph’s Being A @Raiders Pick Should Inspire Us To Be Great…No Matter What #kreyolicious #RaiderNation

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Kreyolicious Sports…in which…in which I highlight a player or share news about a Haitian-American athlete.

Today’s athlete of interest in Karl Joseph. His story is mighty inspiring.

First, watch this compilation of his greatest moments put together by sports enthusiast DougTV:

Next, watch this official announcement from the Raiders camp, about Karl Joseph’s pick.

When the announcement came to Karl Joseph, he was in Jacmel, Haiti vacationing with his family. Vacationing and recuperating from his injury.

He sent the Oakland Raiders this video thanking the team for his selection. With a smile, he donned a Raiders cap, and promised that the Raiders organization would not regret choosing him—before diving in the pool.

This video may just make you smile. Firstly, it shows how motivated Karl Joseph is. Although, he is a very confident player, he showed humility. What’s more, with that one video he showed that he hasn’t forgotten his roots (Karl Joseph was born in Haiti, and raised in Orlando). He draws strength from them.

After his devastating ACR injury, it would have been easy for the West Virginia University player to think that his best days were behind him, but no, he kept the faith and went to the island motherland to physically and mentally refresh himself. And out nowhere, a call came from the Raiders, welcoming him to the team.

What Karl Joseph’s story can teach us is that you have to keep pushing, even when you’re limping physically and mentally and feel like you can’t go at it anymore. Never stop striving for greatness, no matter your circumstances. Now, that’s a maxim with flair. It might be easier to say it than to act on it, but you just have to keep trying, and stay trying.

Karl Joseph’s optimism becomes clear with every interview he does. When you believe in yourself, you inspire others to believe in you–in Karl’s case an entire #RaidersNation!

K St. Fort
K St. Fort
ABOUT K. St Fort K. St. Fort is the Editor and Founder of, well, Kreyolicious.com and wishes to give you a heartfelt welcome to her site. She loves to read, write, and listen to music and is fascinated by her Haitian roots, and all aspects of her culture. Speaking of music, she likes it loud, really, really loud. Like bicuspid valve raising-loud. Her other love are the movies. She was once a Top 50 finalist for a student screenwriting competition, encouraging her to continue pounding the pavement. She has completed several screenplays, with Haiti as the backdrop, one of which tackles sexual abuse in an upper middle class Haitian family, while another has child slavery as its subject. She is currently completing another script, this time a thriller, about two sisters who reunite after nearly 10 years of separation. A strong believer in using films to further educational purposes, and to raise awareness about important subjects, she has made it a point to write about social issues facing Haiti, and making them an integral part of her projects. She has interviewed such Haitian-American celebrities as Roxane Gay, Garcelle Beauvais, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Briana Roy, Karen Civil, and many, many more. And that’s her writing this whole biographical sketch. She actually thinks writing about herself in the third person is cute. MY WEBSITE Kreyolicious ™: kree-ohl-lish-uh s: Surely an adjective…the state of being young, gorgeous, fine and utterly Haitian. Kreyolicious.com™, the hub for young, upwardly mobile Haitian-Americans, is akin to a 18th Century cultural salon but with a Millennium sensibility–an inviting lair, where we can discuss literature, music, problems facing the community, and everything on the side and in-between. Kreyolicious is the premier lifestyle, culture and entertainment blog and brand of the hip, young, trend-oriented, forward thinking Haitian-American. It’s the definite hot spot to learn more about Haiti our emerging identity as a people, and explore our pride and passion about our unique and vibrant culture. Within the site’s pages, Kreyolicious.com is going to engage you, empower you, and deepen your connection to everything Haitian: the issues, the culture, our cinema, the history, our cuisine, the style, the music, the worldwide community. Make yourself at home in my cultural salon. If you’re looking to learn more about Haiti, Kreyolicious.com invites you to board this trolley on a journey–on our journey. For me too, it is a process, a non-ending cultural odyssey. If you’re already acculturated, I can certainly learn something from you. We can learn from one other, for certain. With my site, Kreyolicious.com I look forward to inspiring you, to enriching you, and to participating alongside of you, in the cultural celebration. And being utterly kreyolicious. How do you wear your kreyoliciousness? On your sleeves, like I do? Kreyoliciously Yours, Your girl K. St. Fort, Ahem, follow me elsewhere!

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