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Otis Gates — The Third Option — The Decision | OurVaya

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Otis Gates — The Third Option

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Boston, 2016. You are Otis Gates. 81 years old. Balding head, eyeglasses, 6'5", a newborn great-grandchild. You were one of twelve Black students in a Harvard class of 1,200. You were the only Black student in an HBS gra…