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The Color Line Is Being Erased
I love reading controversy. Especially, those intended to be erased from history. Many refuse to discuss the eras of indentured servitude and slavery that has stained the history books; even though the chapters regarding are miniscule in comparison to other points in history. We, as a people, are ashamed. Yet, we brush these travesties off as mere tales. Understand, they are very much a part of you and I.
Today, the advancement of technology has allowed us to get a glance into our very own heritage via DNA. The lowering cost of testing has allowed for us to get a grip of our own lineage. Many have elected to participate for the sole idea of knowledge and have made confusing discoveries. Due to the eras, many have discovered that their ancestry has been greatly exaggerated. Some of us have been reared to believe the fallacies bestowed upon us by word-of-mouth. Many of us have come to believe that we were of a certain heritage but have been proven wrong since the beginning of genetic testing. Those who were told that they were of Latin, European, or some other Caucasoid race have discovered a large percentage of African heritage flowing through their veins. Some have been brought up to believe that they are of Native American lineage but, in all actuality, Asian lineage has been discovered. As well as those who believed that they are of European lineage have found that they are, in fact, a larger percentage of African lineage; at times more prevalent than originally discussed within the confines of their family dynamics.
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