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[DanaC]

Or maybe she took one of those National Geographic sponsored DNA screenings to see how much of herself she should be proud of and how much she should revile

You make a huge assumption about how she'd view those parts of her ancestry that were slave owners. I have within me the blood of a conquered people and the blood of their conquerors. I have English, Indian, South-African (and most likely African) ancestry (there's some Irish and Jewish in there too). I would love to know more details of that, and I would not revile those who lived under different rules and a different cultural view of the world.

[Pie]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I would not revile those who lived under different rules and a different cultural view of the world.

<devil's>But if they're no better (and no worse) than any other peoples, why bother knowing? What difference would it make?</advocate>

[warch]

Or maybe she took one of those National Geographic sponsored DNA screenings to see how much of herself she should be proud of and how much she should revile.

Hmm. The multiple broadcasts that fascinated me on PBS, using dna plus historical records to trace families of black Americans were quite moving and hardly the racist affair you flippantly describe. I was struck by how intertwined and complicated the shared history, and how the connections served to challenge simplistic notions of race.