Observations on African Americans and other people of color and the significance of "race" in a (purportedly) colorblind world
Friday, October 9, 2009
Michelle Obama's Roots
This story in the New York Times discusses the ancestry of Michelle Obama and her great-great-great-grandparents: Melvinia Shields, a young slave, and an unknown whhite man who impregnated her.
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