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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Sweetheart, have you EVER tried? You will NEVER know, until you try... Do not discount the strength of those in the African American community, until you have done your "footwork"...
Your relatives did not tell you these things because 1) they did not know themselves; 2) were told not to, because when they were growing up, it could get you killed...
And your statement about showing up to different cultural celebrations... Very stereotypical, don't you think? Especially since Dr. King was about unity for all people... And the first day of Kwaanza is Umoja which means unity...
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I agree.
Anyway, AKA_Monet, we have similar familial histories, except..and no offense, for all maybe a few things like the kids from different men, etc. My great grandad (white) married my great grandma (black) in Georgia before it was legal but somehow they made it. They lived way back up in Waynesboro, Ga. quietly. His name isn't on the birth certificate either but when we would ask "who is that white man in all those pictures"? the older people would be like "baby, that's your great grandpa"
. As a matter of fact, my aunt did our family history for her masters and that is when we first got to see all the originaly records and she was able to even find documents on the last known slave in our family. We would ask My paternal great great grandad was Cherokee (and I actually got to meet him shortly before he died, I was too young to understand the stories he told, but my dad tries to keep them going.
That's interesting how things can be so similar, but I guess a lot if us have closely related family backgrounds, especially if you're from the south.