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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: Don’t Fall for the Racist "Whistle Walk" Myth
Description: Who believes this? They prepared the food, but they’d catch hell from their enslavers if they tasted it. So, the enslaved cooks were forced to whistle? Let’s unpack this story a little bit more.
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