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Febuary8,
2013
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In the article Obama’s Slave Roots By:
Sheryl Gay Stolberg the article is about Barack Obama roots and his background
of slavery and his moms European side. This article is also about its becoming
more mixed-race heritage. In this article it is quotes from researchers and
people from ancestry. Com one quote that stood out to me was “it is becoming
increasingly common for Americans to discover mixed-race” from a researcher on
ancestry.com. this quote stands out to
me because a long time ago mixed-races were not allowed so for more to be
involved in them is interesting to me.it also stood out because the statement
is really true and shows you that people get along more because of mixed-races.
I think it’s interesting for you to have
a slave background because you learn more about yourself and you previous
family and you know where you came from. It’s also kind of helpful because it
shows where you came from. This article reminds me of the movie roots because
the person who made the movie traced down all his slave family and documented
them in a movie. There were also mixed-races in roots but the slaves would get
raped and when it was not really allowed. This article made me think more
deeply of this topic because I want to look in my family roots and see where I came
from and my ancestors looked like. It also makes me think how society feels
about mixed-race relationships. This makes me wonder why the person who made
ancestory.com made it and how they started it and where it came from.
