Fort Wayne Rescue Mission CEO Donovan Coley never thought of himself as black until he moved to the U.S. from Jamaica.
According to Coley, being black in America isn’t just about skin tone. For many, it’s a role to play in society – a role Coley says he was taught and expected to learn.
For him, it’s a story of wrestling with a dual identity. It's a perspective he says allowed him to better understand how white and black people interact and the unwritten rules of those interactions.
Here’s Coley on how he learned to be a black man in America.
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