BART, Pittsburg/Bay Point Line, San Francisco Bay Area.
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1001 Black Men 692
Whenever I take BART into San Francisco for a work-related event, I always feel like such a grownup. I grew up on Long Island, and riding the commuter rail from the Island into Manhattan felt to me like to the true marker of adulthood. When I was finally old enough to board the train at Freeport station, take my seat on the train car, open up my copy of the New York Times, and enjoy the ride into my office, then I would know I was a fully-fledged adult.
Alas, I have never had a job that required more than a 5-10 minute commute, and I am very grateful for that; but it also means I’ve never really had the opportunity to be among those people who ride the train into work on a regular basis. Even today, a part of me is still that kid who can’t wait ’til she’s old enough to ride the into the City all by myself. For the guy in this drawing, on the other hand, there didn’t seem to be anything fun or adventurous or novel about BARTing in to the financial district. He was wearing a really cool coat, though.
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1001 Black Men #691
Third floor lobby, Kaiser Oakland.
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1001 Black Men #690
It’s rare that I see middle-aged types (like me) waiting at the bus stop outside the Mills College main gates. In this drawing, you’ll notice the subject’s slightly raised left eyebrow. You probably even recognize the look. It’s the this-bus-better-be-coming-in-the-next-five-minutes stare.
I hope it showed up, my brother. I really hope it did.
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1001 Black Men #689
24 Hour Fitness, Alameda Ave. Oakland, CA.
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1001 Black Men #688
Butta Qutz Barbershop, MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA.
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1001 Black Men #687
NEA Learning Center, Alameda, CA.
For the last several days I’ve pretty much gone from my house to my office to my classes and meetings, and back to my house. So when I finally stole a moment to go somewhere that wasn’t home or work, I couldn’t help but take notice of the people around me.
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1001 Black Men #686
Staples, San Leandro, California.
There’s a certain kind of brother who knows he’s doing something really special when he puts on a white tie. You know kind of man to about whom I’m referring. He tends to be middle-aged, with diamond stud earrings or 23 carat gold hoops, and he’s got a super clean, freshly-trimmed hairline. His style consciousness is arrested in time, and his way of accessorizing and dressing recalls the decade during which he came of age. For this man, it was the early 1990s.
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1001 Black Men #685
Powell St. BART Station, San Francisco, CA.
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1001 Black Men #684
Powell St. BART Station, San Francisco, CA.
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