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Feb 17, 2021

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During the slave trade era blacks were put on display for how different they looked. There’s the story Ota Benga, a mbuti (congo pygmy) who was put in a cage with a monkey for display at the Bronx zoo in 1906. Ten years later, he committed suicide as a result of depression.

Why it isn’t cool to touch your Black colleague's hair.

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Edward Dokubo

I wasn't acquainted with this story. Thanks for sharing.

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