Discovering America's Black DNA

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

DNA tests are uncovering mixed bloodlines. For African Americans, this can be emotionally-charged. What do you do when you find out one of your direct ancestors was a slave owner? Does it open the door to new conversations about racial justice?

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0:00.0	It's to the best of our knowledge from PRX.
0:05.5	What happens when you discover you're not just one race?
0:11.0	Your genes hold a very complicated story.
0:15.4	I mean, we grapple over who's oppressed and who's the oppressor.
0:19.4	If you dig back into your past, you have both.
0:23.3	I'm Anne Strange Champs.
0:24.9	Today, untangling America's complicated racial roots,
0:28.6	one family at a time, beginning with a road trip.
0:32.7	I was afraid of what I would feel.
0:35.1	Would it be awkward?
0:36.3	Would he be distant?
0:37.3	Would I be angry? And he opened the door and he hugged me. Would it be awkward? Would he be distant? Would I be angry?
0:39.3	And he opened the door and he hugged me.
0:41.2	He said, well, cousin Alex,
0:43.9	this older white guy in his early 70s hugged me
0:46.8	and invited my whole family into his home.
0:49.5	Root-seeking, genetic ancestry,
0:51.7	and the legacy of slavery.
0:53.9	Are we ready for new conversations about race?
1:00.9	Wisconsin Public Radio.
1:09.1	It's to the best of our knowledge.
1:11.0	I'm Anne Strange Champs.
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