The Importance of a Formative Story

LZ Granderson: I would like to start out by asking you to share with us a formative story. And if we were to fast forward a number of years would say, oh, I understand why she's doing the work that she's doing? Any story come to mind? LZ: As born in London, I spent probably the first 12 years of my life there,. 11 to 12 years, something like that. He says he was really the only black kid in his neighborhood and it affected him as an adult.