No, You Don't Just Toss Slavery Into a Conversation - SARN Minis #37

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Sharon Hurley Hall
November 24, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute

No, You Don't Just Toss Slavery Into a Conversation - SARN Minis #37

No, You Don't Just Toss Slavery Into a Conversation - SARN Minis #37 Transcript

Hello, I'm Sharon Hurley Hall.

Welcome to the SARN Minis podcast.

I was at an event a while back and someone was giving a speech.

He was a relatively prosperous Black man who was a leader in his field and he was making a point about the strength and resilience of our ancestors, especially the women who'd been enslaved and who'd resisted enslavement.

So far so good.

But then he said something that made my jaw drop.

He said, “I wish I could have experienced slavery.”

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