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Internalized Racism: The Elephant in the Room
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Internalized Racism: The Elephant in the Room

An example of anti-Blackness in the Black community

Sharon Hurley Hall
Oct 6, 2020
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Internalized Racism: The Elephant in the Room
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Dear friends,

Yesterday, I shared a post on LinkedIn about a popular UK gym that had posted an inappropriate challenge for Black History Month, celebrated in October in the UK. (Here's the post, if you're interested.)

It was a workout challenge titled "12 Years of Slave", and the Instagram caption included the phrase "slavery was hard and so is this".

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