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In reply to the discussion: Happy Columbus Day! [View all]JustAnotherGen
(32,298 posts)I don't know why I should beat myself up over something I had nothing to do with. Yeah - my Anglo Irish Protestant Great Great Grandfather handed out CYANA cigars (I still have one up in the attic with some other oddities of family history) in Denver running for office in the early part of the last century -
But progress is the fact that I went to a Catholic High School and Catholic Private University. Pardon the pun - but with me? That branch of my family did their penance. Even as a 'visibly' black woman -
I had to do the penance for the behavior of white folks. That ain't right.
As an aside, nothing I had to do to gain my Italian Citizenship (even being married to an Italian citizen you have to apply) said anything about this. It's not part of the historical record for Italians of Italian descent. It's not a litmus test to be 'one of them'. They are more concerned that (especially for Americans) we realize that If you are arrested in Italy - you have to prove you are not guilty.
For real - it's the total opposite over there. Lesson - never get arrested.
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