In this short, reflective episode, I take a few minutes to reflect on the negative impacts of slavery and racism in our country. It's (hopefully) obvious to the average American that slavery had an extremely negative impact on the African Americans who experienced it. I believe it's also clear to many of us that these negative impacts of slavery and racism are still experienced in many ways by people of color today. Perhaps less obvious is the negative impact incurred by white American Christians because of their complicity in the evils of slavery. This negative impact is what author Widell Berry calls "the hidden wound," and in this episode, I try to unpack this idea and why I think it's an important component of addressing and healing from the harm done to people of color in this country by slavery and racism.