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@chrishart_official : I've been on a journey to trace my family roots lately. Through DNA testing and hunting down tons of documentation over the span of 200+ years I've had mixed results. There is a significant European presence in my DNA for obvious reasons, and that side of my history is easy to trace. The African side is much harder to track due to a lack of documentation from before the mid to late 1800s. History paints a difficult reality. One that shows up in documents like this one that was shared online by someone else. A rejection letter from 1959 on the basis of race. Between this letter and the civil rights act of 1964, my parents were born. So in many ways, it reminds me of how recently things have changed, and how much has not changed. I consider myself and my family a very lucky example of growth over the years, but I would never say we are an example of the norm. I grew up in California, not the south. My parents had a college education. I am lucky, and more than anything else grateful for the people who overcame so much for me to be here, and by extension, for my children to be here as well. My goals now are to learn from the past. The good and the bad, and stop our cycle of repeating old mistakes. For my children, I hope we see a world of equality, opportunity, and respect for everyone. #roots #grateful #historyiscomplicated