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“The patriot, like the Christian, must learn that to bear revilings and persecutions is a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is severe, firmness under it becomes more requisite and praiseworthy.” ~ Thomas Jefferson, 1805
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No she was brought up in England. Her mother was of Irish background and her adopted father was English and her mother had other children with her adopted father. They never told her that she was the product of a one night stand. Even when she questioned it her parents would never tell her the truth.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...know-the-truthYou might not think it to look at me, but my upbringing was a very Anglo-Irish affair. I grew up on the outskirts of London with my blue-eyed younger brother, British father and Irish mother. Many happy weeks of the school holidays were spent in Ireland and I was educated at a Catholic school in Surrey. We ate roast beef and yorkshire puddings on Sundays, and Thin Lizzy, Van Morrison and the Clash formed the soundtrack to our lazy weekends.
The only peculiar aspect to all this was the defining aspect of my identity. Because, although I look mixed-race, or black, my whole family is white. And until the man I called Dad died two years ago, I did not know the truth about my existence. Now, age 24, I’m starting to uncover where I come from.
It's quite an interesting article. It's sort of strange that someone who obviously has African ancestry will believe they are white but her parents enabled that and completely denied that she wasn't both their biological child. Hard to believe that they would do this to her.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...know-the-truth
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She writes very interesting articles because of her mixed heritage. Here's another one.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...rk-in-progress
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I can only see the Black part. Sorry.My black side and my Irish side compete for recognition within me
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