Dr. Marcus Collins

Marcus, when you started this journey, man, what was your because? It was because people didn't think I could. People doubted me, and maybe even I doubted myself.

Marcus, when you started this journey, man, what was your because? It was because people didn't think I could. People doubted me, and maybe even I doubted myself.

Marcus, when you started this journey, man, what was your because? It was because people didn't think I could. People doubted me, and maybe even I doubted myself.

You know, we tend to mistake the obvious because it's there. It's right in front of us.

You know, we tend to mistake the obvious because it's there. It's right in front of us.

You know, we tend to mistake the obvious because it's there. It's right in front of us.

And I would love for you to elaborate that culture as a system of conventions and expectations that demarcate who we are and govern what people like us do.

And I would love for you to elaborate that culture as a system of conventions and expectations that demarcate who we are and govern what people like us do.

And I would love for you to elaborate that culture as a system of conventions and expectations that demarcate who we are and govern what people like us do.

I am blessed and highly favored and so very grateful to be with you.

I am blessed and highly favored and so very grateful to be with you.

I am blessed and highly favored and so very grateful to be with you.

That's a blessing, man. Thank you so much. That makes two of us. Let's do it.

That's a blessing, man. Thank you so much. That makes two of us. Let's do it.

That's a blessing, man. Thank you so much. That makes two of us. Let's do it.

But you're a Michigan man, right?

But you're a Michigan man, right?

But you're a Michigan man, right?

I wish I had the answer to that, but I'll tell you a little bit about who I am. I'm a product of Detroit. Now, I always start that way because I feel like Detroit was very influential in how I made sense of the world, how I framed the world. Being a city that is predominantly Black, but living in a world that straddled the fence of both.

I wish I had the answer to that, but I'll tell you a little bit about who I am. I'm a product of Detroit. Now, I always start that way because I feel like Detroit was very influential in how I made sense of the world, how I framed the world. Being a city that is predominantly Black, but living in a world that straddled the fence of both.