November 2nd, 2006
Geneology,part 2
We spoke about ways to link with history in part 1 of this story. We futher discussed the increased black achievement along with concerns for black boys being in position to continue this positive trend. One theory is a lack of pride. It is amazing that we relate strong school performance to “acting white”. There is also community talk that successful blacks have lost their identity. I know that is not to mean, white is right and black stay back. It is much deeper than that and could be viewed as, divide and conquer or poor blacks vs middle blacks. A tactic used to ensure that we do not come together as a race.
One way to tear down the barriers that divide us and keep many of us caught up in the quagmire of mediocrity, is to better understand our past. You must know where you have been in order to understand where you are going. We have some incredible blood linkage of success, but we do not know it.
My wonderful and beautiful wife recently studied her blood line and discovered some fascinating facts about herself. Most of the facts we recieve about black people in this country are distorted in a negative way by the media.
She used a landmark study of the human journey titled, The Genographic Project. This project is done by National Geographic and IBM with the support of the Waitt Family Foundation.
“A map, it has been said, is the greatest of all epic poems. There are few greater epics than the story of our distant ancestors leaving their African cradle and colonizing the earth.” This excerpt is taken from my wife’s information kit that she recieved from this project. Mordern science in the form of DNA makes this possible. This study also indicates that Africia is the craddle of civilization. According to this theory, we must have been Kings and Queens.
To discover more go to; www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic
