Watkins, a native of Macon, Georgia, who now lives in the state capital, has risen above the status quo in his hometown — a place where only a quarter of the population holds bachelor’s degrees, regardless of ethnicity — to occupy a vice presidency at Citizens Bank.
Successful Black professionals are often regarded as anomalies, people who beat the odds to rise above the perceived ill-fated circumstances of America’s Black communities. Yet Atlanta has one of the largest concentrations of Black professionals in the country. Nearly half of the city’s population is Black, according to the 2020 Census, and boasts the highest rate of Black-owned businesses in the United States. South Fulton, a neighboring suburb, is more than 90% Black with around 55% and 40% of their respective populations holding bachelor’s degrees, higher than the national average.
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