Listen to licensed real estate salesperson Peter-Charles Bright — born and residing in Brooklyn, New York — talk about living and working during the Covid-19 pandemic and having quality time with his daughter in 2020 when daycares and offices closed to prevent the spread of the virus.
When asked if he identifies as Black, he responded: “I'd say Black, but I think over the past couple of years it's become more evident that Black is the name the police call you when they need you. So there's the idea of cultural Blackness… There's an idea of ethnic Blackness, and then there's just phenotypic Blackness. But there's also judicial Blackness. So I think, you know, there's times when I'm like, yeah, that Black, yes. But other times I try to be, you know, as human as possible without delineation.”
Peter-Charles and I met in Prep for Prep which prepared us to attend boarding schools. He attended Philips Exeter Academy and I attended The Taft School.
“I think you also have — for those who did have the option [to work from home] — I think you have a crystallization of what matters and who matters most.” Peter-Charles shares about work-life balance during the pandemic.
“‘Show me a million Black people, and I’ll show you a million different ways to be Black.’” Peter-Charles quotes his Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
