How Morehouse College is redefining professionalism
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Morehouse College; Professionalism; Douglas Cooper
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Douglas Cooper, who is Black, started his career at IBM in 1987. One day, as he was having lunch with a mentor, he noticed the cafeteria was serving fried chicken, collard greens, and slices of watermelon. He remembers being very conscious of his Blackness in what was a very white environment. Cooper weighed whether eating the lunch would perpetuate Black stereotypes. He asked his mentor if he felt the same way. His mentor turned to him and said, “Doug, you think they don’t know that you’re Black,” he recalled with a laugh.
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