They were studying the history of slavery. A lot of the other Black girls were taking this class. And I remember them one day coming back from the lecture, because you know, we would have our individual sections and we would have the big lecture. They came back from the lecture. They were distraught. Why? Because the professor who had given the lecture was talking about Black women slaves and rape. And he said, “You can’t rape a Black woman, because a Black woman is always ready.” What?! Yeah, they were distraught. Distraught. I don’t know whether any of them were crying, but there were a
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