LOS ANGELES — Ron Jennings grew up in Los Angeles, but he's all country, right down to his cowboy hat and folksy twang.
The 42-year-old smiles when recounting the strange looks he got from fellow passengers during bus rides to his grandfather's horse stable in Gardena or to participate in rodeos at Griffith Park when he was a teen.
The cowboy hat, the bell clanging against the rodeo gear in his bull bag — he came across as an oddity in the city, even more so because he is Black.
