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Nicole Mfoafo-M'Carthy on the power of learning your personal history

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blog.google uses cookies from Google to deliver and enhance the quality of its services and to analyze traffic. Learn more. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Feb 22, 2022 3 min read Editor's note: This Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black perspectives, and sharing stories from Black Googlers, partners, and culture shapers from across Canada. About the author: Nicole Mfoafo-M'Carthy is a Rhode Scholar and medical student at the University of Toronto Growing up Black History Month was a moment of exploration. It was one of the few moments in school, that I could learn about Black History outside of genocide, slavery, and poverty. As a child, the month of February included maybe a group project about racism. In a good year, at least one of my favourite Disney shows would have an episode or segment about Black history and ads on TV describing how corporations “recognize” Black history. As a student in the public education system in both Ontario and Alberta, there was a recurring absence of

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