“Soon, we’ll be able to tell our story, and only then will we be recognized as people.”
—Carter Woodson
African Americans are quick to talk about their roots and trace their ancestry back to tribes in Africa and other places; some insist that our ancestral heritage links to Native American tribes. Either way, we’re all connected in one way or another; though we are connected, each culture, is entitled to its ancestral heritage–that appears not to be the case when it comes to African Americans.
It seems that the “Wokeness Movement” has just become another vehicle for hijacking the history, culture, language, dress, and other aspects of Black life; in an effort to make African Americans feel a sense of exclusivity; when in actuality, the same racial disparities still exist. They’re disguised in a different way… more covert.
It seems that our Caucasian counterparts’ appetites are absolutely ravenous when it comes to acquiring items from African American History, culture, and language. They’ve absorbed our music, our manner of dress, and speech.
According to Grand View Research, Inc., even tracing our family history has reached the 10.4 billion dollar mark in 2022. The rise in developments in the field of genome sequencing and personalized DNA level diagnostic applications, considerable growth in the number of patented research initiatives by the government, and government-funded projects are factors expected to drive the demand during the forecast period, and this is in spite of the fact that tracing African American ancestry is among the most difficult, due most, in part, to the fact that we were not recognized as human. The establishment has found yet another way to monetize us. https://www.grandviewresearch.com
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