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What's good, y'all?

I'm Gene Demby.

I'm one of the co-hosts of the code switch podcast at NPR.

I'm currently sitting at Shon Ramas from Stesk and using the many essential oils on his

windowsill while he's on vacation.

And just ahead up, this episode includes violent content.

We'll get started in a couple of seconds so you have a little bit of time to turn it

off if there are any little ones around.

A few weeks ago, I was down in Hampton, Virginia, standing at this Wendy's spot.

Some folks nearby were setting up a stage for festivities to commemorate, I guess commemorates

probably not the right word, to remember what happened on this spot in August of 1619.

And there's a marker here that says, first Africans in Virginia.

I just want to read it really quickly.

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