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Question:We are not African---although I love and honor my great-great African grandfather.

After all this DNA testing, I see boat loads of American blacks trying to visit countries traced in their DNA.

I think black Americans should visit the Southern states in America and learn the history of these areas where their families migrated from. There's a lot of history out there in the United States alone.

Do you think going all the way to Africa is too far-fetched?

I've seen Chris Tucker and Isaiah Washington do this.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: We are not African---although I love and honor my great-great African grandfather.

After all this DNA testing, I see boat loads of American blacks trying to visit countries traced in their DNA.

I think black Americans should visit the Southern states in America and learn the history of these areas where their families migrated from. There's a lot of history out there in the United States alone.

Do you think going all the way to Africa is too far-fetched?

I've seen Chris Tucker and Isaiah Washington do this.

No, African Americans should not romanticize Africa. Learning one's history is fine but to wear "Africa" as a badge of honor is quite another. Most African Americans are too detached from Africa based on the generational gap and they are American!

Chris Tucker and Isaiah Washington do not represent most African Americans. They are extremely wealthy and I would be surprised if they did the research themselves.

If they want to, they should. It's personal choice.

Well, I guess I probably romanticize Scotland, and I certainly want to go there asap.
I think it's a good idea for people of all backgrounds to learn as much as they can about their ancestry.
As far as romanticizing goes...I don't think you can stop it, but information tempers it.
Mostly, I don't think I should say what's best for other people.

although I am caucasian I think your idea to search close to home first , that makes more sense. I am trying to learn about the descendncy in my family, made the mistake in going straight to ireland, they change names quite a bit and every one is here, so my work is cut out for me, right here in the states. Where and how if the fun
now! Good luck in your search, pray for me and I'll do the same for you. bye now.

every one should know your heritage. the do as you will. just dont try andmake me like it or live it

I am caucasian of a Scottish lineage. My grandfather was born there and brought over here at the age of 3. My mother first, and now both me and my sister long to see Scotland. I think it's important that we hold on to our heritage with pride. I like that we are becomming a global world, because we are -afterall, all one. But cherishing our origins and what makes us who we are, is something that must be maintained. We are truly becoming a melting pot, so its all the more important to hold in reverence ALL the different flavors. The mexicans used to say Viva la Raza, which means power to the race. I agree. Power first of all to the human race. But also to all the races that entails. As Martin Luther King said, "We must live together as brothers, or perish together as fools." Let us all have pride and allow the next man his, too.

Ah, now I understand. You are black. Are you into this colors thing? You think black people was done dirty from the whites? Being an American Indian, I can tell you stories about what the whites did to us, but, I can tell you I had no part in it, cause I was not there. Let the sleeping dogs lye. That has nothing to do with us. The constitution doesn't say, We the Black, Or we the White, it states We the people! Huh?