'I want it to be the most normative thing that Black professors occupy spaces in these types of institutions all around the world,' Arday told ABC News.
"My mom just kind of really reiterated how special I was and emphasized that [I] may not be the same as everybody else, but you have other gifts, and you can utilize them and mobilize them in ways that can really help to change the world," he said.
Jason Arday at at his PhD ceremony in 2016, at Liverpool John Moores University in the U.K. He made history this month becoming the youngest Black professor ever at the prestigious Cambridge University in the U.K.While his degrees were in education, he always had an interest in sociology and taught himself the subject while simultaneously working at a supermarket and lecturing during the day, "struggling to make ends meet.
"At the time, I was 27, and the first [goal] was to get a Ph.D. -- and the second one was to look after all my friends and family," he said. "The third [goal] was to one day work at Oxford or Cambridge.
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