What do you want to be when you grow up?

June 22, 2016

In the promise of a "post-racial" America, what does this photograph mean to you?

Find out the story behind this photograph and what 5-year-olds can teach us as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution continues to explore the intersections of race and culture on the new page, DiverseCity.

About the Author

Ernie Suggs

Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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