" I am socked!"

What are you shocked of?
I know the deal Sir. But first let me tell you this. When the story about your great grand father being enslaved by a close relative of Senator Thurmond came out. You should have responded as an intelligent and smart man who is aware of the history of his country and background. The fact that your family tree is high yellow, you are being classified as a mulatto. The knowledge of how it happened should have stop you from crying out loudly " that you are shocked".
When Christopher Columbus got the blessings of Queen Isabella with 3 caravelles to go on a expedition to discover New World, The face of that peaceful and virgin found land was about to be reshaped as soon as the Europeans decided that it was going to be the place to cultivate.

Being named after Amerigo Vespucci, the very talented navigator born in Florence, Italy from a prominent family. As a young man, it collected books about navigation. He soon started working in the banking business and was sent to Spain to look after his employer business interest. Without wasting time, he got another job working in ships pursuing his own goal. The Indians or natives at the time, The Europeans were about to make them the first victims of a system created to ensure the prosperity of the land.The used of the Indians as Slaves didn't produce a positive result because they weren't able to endure the rigidity of the forced labor applied to their weak bodies. Like flies, they were dropping and were quickly replaced by the Whites .Unfortunately the same scenario duplicated itself.The Africans were selected to be the prime replacement for the work and the future of America.The Negroes where imported by the boatloads. Indeed, they turned out to be the ultimate factor of the country's economy because they were young, healthy, and with a body strength of a mule or a horse.
With the Slavery movement revived, It was time to move on to bigger and better things. Where there is money, lies greed's and predators. The Europeans weren't just happy to share the land of opportunities, they were ready to fight for the sole ownership title of the territory. The English held the said title until 1776. The French found a way to keep control of Louisiana and grew a wicked slave plantation in that city. Any knowledge of that piece of history would have prevented you from being shocked.

When it comes to sex, prejudice is not strong enough to stop mankind from seeking pleasure from another partner from a different race. Back to the early day of this country, the White owners of the slaves, had no problem raping the Black young girls, maids and the keepers of their stores. Out of that forced intercourse, the mulattoes took birth. Quickly they received privileges because of their lighter skin color but, was yet regarded a lower class in society.

Your Anglo-saxon last name should also have prevented you from being shocked. Before the mixture of the two races, the right to purchase your freedom and the abolition of slavery, no black man held an English last name. After being freed, the ex slaves often kept their previous or present recent owner 's last name. You want a D.N.A. test done? Sure you can.

Since you are trying to see how close are you to the Thurmond. The fact that you could be a distant cousin or not at all could shock you again. If you happen to be, you can easily seized the opportunity to look after money oand gain more publicity.

Let's face it my friend you are only going to do it for yourself only. Not for the millions of African- Americans who also fell victims of that era. I bet they will be all shock too.

(To be continued).

One love to all.