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Being Black in NE Ohio

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE BLACK IN NE OHIO? Mark in Akron says it has meant being made to feel different and on the outside, but what he has learned from that is "come prepared" to whatever you attempt in life. "It may be MORE essential for black people," he says, "but it is NOT just true for black people.
WHAT KIND OF HOME DID YOU GROW UP IN? Mark was a child of divorce and it was "not amicable." He says he missed not having more "father moments" but that his Dad did the best he could. "Summers and weekends, between two jobs, he would come play catch with my brohterws and I in