Harvard Professor who was Racially Profiled in his own home is... Irish?

Professor Henry Louis Gates explores the nature of myths created over time about the ancestory of blacks in America. It turns out (through DNA evidence) that there is not as much of racial mixture between African Americans and Native Americans as was once thought.
Possible reasons for the misinformation include covering up personal tragedies and a desire to identify with a culture that is archetypically proud and strong.

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• DNA
• race
• ethnicity
• Native American
• African American
• Africa
• tribes
• Harvard
• Professor
• Tina Turner
• Chris Rock
• PBS
• heritage
• Ireland
• Black
• Indian
• Morgan Freeman
• myths

[TheDidddler]

@illuminatijews I agree completely with you about 'race'. 'Scientists have actually been saying for quite a while that race, as biology, doesn't exist - that there's no biological basis for race.' This is something I have known since I was a kid. I strongly dislike the word 'race' when used in this context, and Americans focus far too much on it. In 2012 it should be an issue that's long-forgotten. This is my friend's account BTW, so I'll most likely answer from my own next time.

[illuminatijews]

@TheDidddler

i mean no disrespect. Its just that, some people say they have European ancestry, just to gain acceptance, i guess. I dont want to be that way. I believe all humans are the same and thus, acknowledging race is just wrong, i think. Do you really think god cares what color you are? or where you came from?

[TheDidddler]

@illuminatijews Well, that's pretty racist of you, isn't it?

[glorp896]

according to Molecular anthropologist Mark D. Shriver blacks in USA have 17%+ white genetic material, it accounts for their 85 IQ as opposed to africa blacks, closer to 70 IQ if not worse...

[ernstbecker1]

@illuminatijews He's a transplanted "Harp" from Ireland.

[MichaelOReillyORis]

Cead Mile Failte a hundred thousand welcomes : )

[illuminatijews]

Those people don't seem as flattered as he is, poor guy, i would never acknowledge a European trait if i had one.