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A challenge to the white supremacists

Take the Ancestry test.

I did and though I have always considered myself a white person I was surprised to learn that my ancestry is 4.5 percent west African.

And, way back most of us evolved from an African beginning. So much for white supremacy. We are one.

I am proud of my mixed ancestry.

This story was originally published September 2, 2017 at 2:55 PM with the headline "A challenge to the white supremacists."

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