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Podcast: #WeNeedToTalk
Episode: #WeNeedToTalk: American Slavery and the Threat of Erasing History
Description: We set aside one month each year to honor, recognize and celebrate Black history. It’s an opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of the Black community in a country where Black history is otherwise so often centered on Black pain, struggle and trauma.This foregrounding of our pain has so many touch points in America, from what is taught in schools, to what is reported on the news, and what is created, monetized and consumed for entertainment. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the Black community’s history in this country and why I beli...