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SS005 | Natalie Emmanuel

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Natalie Emmanuel is an Afrikaans lady who left South Africa at age 22. She lived around the world, but the majority of the time in the middle east. Natalie is married to an Egyptian man, and they have two beautiful children.

Caleb and I had a riveting conversation with her, and here are some of the highlights.

  • Life growing up in apartheid South Africa and seeing things with different eyes being in the United States during South Africa's first democratic election.
  • How Natalie dealt with the shame she carried being an Afrikaner.
  • Nothing new under the sun: things Natalie learned from growing up in the apartheid era and what we need to know to deal with more recent racist events happening in the last couple of years.
  • Racism is a heart matter
  • What Natalie learned being from a very individualistic culture to moving to the middle east where it is a "WE" communal culture.
  • Wisdom about a cross-cultural marriage to an Egyptian man.
  • Blessing and curses in our cultural heritage story.
  • The opportunity to learn from each other in culturally diverse classes.
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