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Date Posted: 09:57:45 02/09/06 Thu
Author: tg
Subject: Re: grammy
In reply to: a light 's message, "grammy" on 06:05:22 02/09/06 Thu

They sang The Midnight Hour because that's a Wilson Pickett song and he's a native of NO and I think the first one was an old/historic New Orleans song.

Bruce Springsteen, The Edge and Elvis Costello joined them.

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[> Re: grammy -- 23, 09:59:19 02/09/06 Thu [1]

Slave codes? What does that mean?

I watched this really interesting show last night on PBS that traced the geneological lineages of a lot of prominent African Americans (Oprah, Chris Tucker, Whoopi and a bunch of others). They first delved into the available historical records and then did DNA tests.

It was really interesting, and also really depressing. All the historical records eventually hit dead ends where they went from being listed as individuals to being listed as property, and often nameless.

The genetic tests were really interesting, too. All the people tested had some amount of mixed heritage - Quincy Jones was 1/3 European and most of the rest sub-Saharan African. Oprah was 8% Native American. Chris Tucker was 10% Native American.

The point of the show (and the research behind it) was to help bring a sense of history to a people who have had little. To have the ability to trace one's descendants furhter back than the Civil War. I thought it was a really cool idea.

Actually made me want to get that genetic test done. I've always assumed I was just of middle European ancestry (1/4 French, 1/2 German and 1/4 Luxembourg), but I really wonder if there aren't some other bits and pieces mixed in there.

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