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Let’s talk race. I had this done a few years ago and it’s periodically updated as they get more data. And yes, I know they sell our data. My mom is from Louisiana & my father from Texas. As are their parents. I can get data back to 1700’s in Kentucky but no further. There are no
Known white folk in family however in America Black folk got the range of colors from white men raping Black girls & women. Our dark colors got diluted & we ended up with every color from white—>Black. But also, where does our white show up? Well, here’s mine:
You can see the white genes are *as recent as the Black. That’s enslavement. Now, the fake construct that we live & govern our lives by, race, is so bad and wrong. If I’m stopped by a cop my 38% European genes won’t grant me passage. I get no privilege from society that only sees
My Blackness as a negative instead of the greater part of who I am. Our national sin, enslavement, birthed colorism w/in our communities as an expression of generational trauma that haunts us today. It is also used against us by white society who prefer lighter over darker. We
See it in movies, tv, advertising, work, loans, schooling. The outcome of our trauma is used against us in every way imaginable by societal colorism, especially against Black women/girls who are attacked daily for their hair, lips, hips, noses, all of what makes them beautiful &
Unique. For these & many other reasons we are extremely protective of ourselves & our own conversations around race but perhaps more so around colorism. It’s “our family” conversation & it’s messy as your real family stuff. End
