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Is The New American Pope Black? A Professor Breaks it Down
We got a pope whose people is from New Orleans and Are Creole, So What do You think?
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For Some White Celebrity Guests, ‘Finding Your Roots’ Means Learning You’re Black
Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. shared some of the shocking reveals with our Editor-in-Chief
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My Mother Is White, I Am Not: On Being Biracial Without Identity Issues
Editor’s note: This piece speaks from the perspective of being biracial with black and white parents. I realize that other biracial ethnic mixes may or may not share any of these experiences. A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece called “Black Folks Who, Though Invited, Probably Wouldn’t Come to the Cookout.” On this list…
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A DNA Test Says I’m Part Black. How Do I Embrace That?
I came across your article from 2014 while Google searching, trying to make sense of my own home DNA test. I grew up as a white American, so at first, when I saw that the report said I have 11 percent African ancestry, I thought, “Well, everyone came from Africa originally.” But then I found…