But where are you really from? Lady-in-waiting has resigned.

[Pat ex]

Really? Most of them?

Sorry, I should have been more specific, I was referring mostly to the older generation, that were not born in Britain. Those that were born in Britain can usually only trace their ancestry back a couple of generations, then there's usually a sudden end to their records.

While February's Black History Month activities offer many a wider exposure to pivotal moments and people critical to understanding the African American experience, connecting with that history on a personal level can be more complicated. In particular, tracing African American family histories is sometimes challenging.

Facing Challenges, Genealogist Offers Ideas To Trace African American Family Histories

Tracing African American family histories is sometimes challenging, but a genealogy specialist in the Wisconsin Historical Society says there are resources for those who want to know more.

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Most of us, including King and I, know our ancestral history or can easily research it. We can trace family records and census records and go back as far as we want to discover who we are, where we came from and what great deeds our ancestors accomplished.

Not so for most African Americans.

Tracing ancestry is not easy for African Americans | Times Leader

WILKES-BARRE —What’s in a name? Everything, that’s what. Just ask Kwaku King Adjei-Frimpong. We’ll call him King because that’s the name he uses. King, 29, is the volunteer coordinator at the…

www.timesleader.com

Why-re-tracing-our-african-roots-is-so-difficult

Why retracing our African roots is so difficult

<strong>Tony Burroughs Professional genealogist and Author </strong> <br> Historians have long documented that large numbers of Blacks were brought from different areas in Africa to what is now the United States. But in genealogy research, researchers have to prove the identity of specific...

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[Stivino]

"the London-based charity Sistah Space, which supports women of African and Caribbean heritage"
I suppose that could also be considered to be racism, maybe sexism too.

 

[Pat ex]

"the London-based charity Sistah Space, which supports women of African and Caribbean heritage"
I suppose that could also be considered to be racism, maybe sexism too.

It could also be a refuge for those women who experience racism from the very organisations that are supposed to protect them.

Interviews with officers and women belonging to the minority ethnic communities in two police force areas in England showed that black and minority ethnic (BME) women victims of domestic violence suffer a double disadvantage in terms of the poor service that victims of domestic violence receive in general and because their special needs on account of their ethnicity are not taken into account.

Is policing domestic violence institutionally racist? A case study of south Asian Women

This article examines the relationship between police services offered to Asian women as victims of domestic violence and institutional racism. Interviews with officers and women belonging to the m...

www.tandfonline.com

 

[carmanmemoranda]

"the London-based charity Sistah Space, which supports women of African and Caribbean heritage"
I suppose that could also be considered to be racism, maybe sexism too.

why ?

 

[Stivino]

why ?

Because it doesn't support people other than African, Caribbean women.
What about white men of British heritage?

 

[Stivino]

If you are going to run a charity for African Caribbean women, look african, and dress as if you are from an African country, you shouldn't be surprised when someone asks where you are from.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Because it doesn't support people other than African, Caribbean women.
What about white men of British heritage?

selective membership isn't racism.

What about the W I ?

 

[Stivino]

selective membership isn't racism.

What about the W I ?

I thought selective membership was no longer allowed, I'm thinking golf clubs etc.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I thought selective membership was no longer allowed, I'm thinking golf clubs etc.

join the W I then

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I thought selective membership was no longer allowed, I'm thinking golf clubs etc.

But it's not racism.

 

[Odds]

join the W I then

Can Harry join the WI to broaden his selection of jam?

 

[Stivino]

But it's not racism.

I was thinking of another ism, sexism.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I was thinking of another ism, sexism.

is the W I sexist? Of course it is. By the very nature of its title. Is it a problem ?

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Whilst no one should defend any overt ism taking place, if we're not careful, we're going to end up living in a very vanilla society. Don't say this or you might offend that group, don't say that or you might offend this group.

Kind of connected, it's a bit like some universities voting to ban various subjects from their debating chambers ... their 'debating' chambers for goodness sake!

If we try to construct a society where no one is ever offended by speech and/or literature, what are we left with?

Be very careful what you wish for ...

 

[JohnD]

I asked him where the origins of his surname, turns out his family originated from Albania. It was just a bit of small talk with someone I didn’t know.

Now I’m wondering if some would confuse that with racism?!

That's an interesting question.

Did you look at the colour of his skin, and from that, refuse to accept what he said when he told you his nationality?

That would have been an example of racism.

It's what Lady Hussey did,