Ishmael Jackson, founder and CEO of The Body Academy, grew up in abject poverty in Liberty City, Miami.He's faced discrimination based on skin color and sexual orientation since he was a kid.As Ishmael comments, “[I’m] an African American, recently married, my partner is male, in a country that is still to this day grappling with what each means.” Ishmael speaks openly about the portrayal in his youth of African Americans on television as “bad guys,” and describes being fearful of police...
