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Many have attempted to claim that ‘things are better here’ for black people in Europe than in the US. This ignores both Europe’s colonial past and its own racist present. By George Younge. Photo by Mohammed Badra. 3500 words, about 20 minutes ARTICLE: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/11/what-black-america-means-to-europe-protests-racism-george-floyd AUDIO VERSION: For those where reading the article is a barrier, we've created an audio version using a text-to-speech program. You can download it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/141GBPyd9vceT7-tDRz6mfz6lx3uiN2zj/view?usp=sharing EXTRA CREDIT: Nikole Hannah-Jones' Pulitzer Prize-winning essay in the 1619 project: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html (Note: this event was first posted with this article, but was replaced by one with more of a global focus) ABOUT: The Longreads Club is a twice-monthly program hosted by WorldOregon's Young Professionals group. Join us for Longreads Club where we discuss a…