{"id":3000050822,"date":"2021-12-08T13:45:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3000050822"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:47:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:47:14","slug":"authentic-stories-about-black-success-and-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/authentic-stories-about-black-success-and-vulnerability","title":{"rendered":"Authentic stories about Black success and vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Black business owners and workers too often face systemic biases: from underrepresentation in the boardroom to higher rates of unemployment. In <\/em>Black-Owned and Proud<\/em><\/a>, we profile innovative Black entrepreneurs building businesses and bringing much-needed change to the face of enterprise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many people during 2020, actor Roderick Lawrence faced mental health<\/a> struggles in the first few months of the pandemic. When he lost the gig he had at the time, in a Syracuse, NY, production of Fences<\/em>, and after an upcoming Broadway production was postponed indefinitely, the New York City<\/a>\u2013based actor decided to spend a few months with family in Cleveland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There Lawrence began exploring his mental health with the help of a Black male therapist, and was better able to understand some of the situations he had been experiencing. Namely, he recognized a pattern of microaggressions in both his personal life and career. <\/p>\n\n\n

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