White Historian Allegedly Claims Her Life Would Be Easier If She Was Black

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An 84-year-old historian allegedly refused to apologize after claiming her life would be easier if she was Black while speaking at a conference last month.
According to the New York Post, Lois Banner, a USC professor emerita of history, made the alleged remark at the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, which she co-founded in the 1970s.
Ph.D. candidate Stephanie Narrow, who attended the event, took to Twitter to detail how the incident unfolded.
“Well, the Berks p