obama's slave roots

Dayshira capers

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.