tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040492958080849931.post4655250775389653025..comments2023-10-23T12:31:17.590-04:00Comments on MelungeonResearch: The Rate of Black-to-White “Passing” Part IINancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03845348401841251411noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2040492958080849931.post-22172233285681833642011-04-08T17:05:12.623-04:002011-04-08T17:05:12.623-04:00the real truth about the lumbees of roberson and a...the real truth about the lumbees of roberson and adjoining counties of eastern north carolina is finally coming to light after all these years,and thank god for this happening. you see in 1885 a democrat mcmillan proposed an american indian identity for north carolinas biggest maroon mulatto community.this was originally a way for the mulattoes to be accepted into a then post civil war american society,this led the people who became the lumbees to further separate from their african origins and roots and caused many to verbally and violently deny any african ancestry,this eventually became an awful problem for those indentifying as american-indians as they did not have a clue as to what true or real american indians were actually about,not to mention the hardship placed upon their offsprings to indentify with something not of their own origins,this being a burdensome cross to bear.i for one can now say we are all passed those hard times and can rejoice in our unique bi-racial heritages of black & white, for DNA studies have confirmed this,we are not tri-racial isolates,but bi-racial people of very interesting backgrounds of colonial english/african heritage,and this is just grand. please read of paul heinegg & virginia demarce.free african american studies that pin points our 1700's migration from tidewater colonial virginia to roberson,county,nc and areas. as well, please see the huxford lumbee DNA project showing us to actually being african/caucasian of many multiple varying degrees.also see lumbee wikipedia. all this can help to set our children straight on our true heritages,and this should be good enough nowadays for us to be accepted as modern comptempory americans. i thank the researchers in all this,let us raise our standards from with-in and take true pride in our great uniqueness.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181511230552279937noreply@blogger.com