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- You know, when I first heard that, I thought, "Well, my God, where were you in the 1950s and '60s when I was in school?" 
[Angela chuckles] 

Because I had to sit through honors English classes reading Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, with the liberal use of the n-word. And all of my white classmates sniggling and giggling, right? 

I had to sit through Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. Nothing about education is about just making you feel comfortable. Sometimes we learn the most in the midst of discomfort. 

- Angela: Watch more Why Race Matters online and on the PBS app on your phone, tablet, Roku, or any other streaming device. ECHO is on.