so that was nicole hannah jones.so i got all of these essays and i got her forward and i thought well lord what am a i going to say? [laughter] it is i will not shut up about about slavery this is to have a conversation about this because we refuse to talk about it and refuse to get to know each other and hate persist and worse with now than it has ever been except when it was legal and it can be if we're not careful. short piece from the essay the burden. scene is sered into my memory red paroled from prison works as a bag boy at a local grocer he raises hiss hand to catch manager attention break boss? the supervisor called him over you don't need to ask me every time you need to take a piss just go. he goes to the men's room as he stands over the urinal his words in voice yoaf hang in the the air. 40 years i've been asking permission to piss i can't scwez a drop. that is what prison did to a grown man in fictional film the shaw shank redemption and enslaved did to a people there are thousands of examples in written