Podcast: Shauna Cole On Black Lives Matter
A couple of weeks ago, Shauna Cole wrote a LinkedIn post, “I Once Heard A Hiring Manager Say The N-Word,” about growing up biracial and the racism she witnessed in the community and workplaces.
“I heard a hiring manager say the N-word. He didn’t know that I am black. Because I am white too,” Cole wrote in the post that Huddle republished Wednesday. “I have heard things that white people may otherwise censor in their conversations because they assume I am white.”
Cole was inspired to write the post amidst the continent-wide protests and rallies that have taken place since George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25.
“What got me to the point of sharing this [was] really world events,” says Cole. “The whole Black Lives Matter movement and the changing dialogue just opened it up for me to feel comfortable to be able to share this story, which is so important because it’s stories like this that make issues of racism real. That’s why we need to continue to share our experiences.”
Last Saturday, the human resource specialist was one of the speakers at a Black Lives Matter rally that drew thousands of people into King Square in Saint John.
On this week’s Huddle “Home Office” podcast, Mark Leger speaks with Cole about her experiences and path forward for the movement.
A human resource specialist and business owner, Cole talks about the need to mobilize the thousands of people taking part in the rallies to combat racism in our workplaces and the broader community.
The Huddle “Home Office” podcast, available on Spotify, Google Play, and Apple podcast platforms, features conversations with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia community leaders, entrepreneurs and Huddle reporters about the issues and events that accelerate and enrich the growth of the region’s economy and culture.
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