We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it. — Thomas Norman DeWolf, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it. — Thomas Norman DeWolf, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it. — Thomas Norman DeWolf, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it. — Thomas Norman DeWolf, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it. — Thomas Norman DeWolf, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
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We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it.

— Thomas Norman DeWolf, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
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