A basketball player, of course. A businessman and media mogul, too. A husband, father and proud son, both of his mother and Akron, Ohio, would certainly make his list.
But James recognizes that, much as he might prefer to define himself, he still lives in a world that will define him as it does so many other people of color, particularly young black men. Which makes his choice to be an activist really no choice at all.
As people around the country expressed outrage earlier this week at the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was out for a jog Feb.