Aunt Dr. Jackie and Uncle David Browns Wedding at
First Baptist Church of Steelton on
In the picture above are: Grandfather John Brown, Grandmother Eliza Lucinda Blue Brown, Uncle David Brown, Aunt Jackie Jones Brown PhD, and John and Wilma Jones., her parents.
My cousin Mark Brown and my aunt Dr. Jackie Jackson, PhD.
Thanks to Mark Brown, the first picture above is the only picture that I have with my grandparents.
Starting with Lucy and John, their descendants stopped naming their children after the ex-slaves and others born in the 19th century. That was a serious break from our past ancestors. Eliza Lucinda and John had 5 children;
1. Jean Brown Williams married William J. Williams II. They had 4 children
2. Alice Brown Franklin married David Franklin. They had Yvonne and Donald
3. John Brown married Phoebe King and had Terri.
4. David Brown married Dr. Jackie and had three children
5. Agnes Brown married Walter Hughes and had 4 children
Their grandchildren went totally radical with their children's names. The reason why is because of three things.
One is that they wanted to show their independence from their ancestors.
Two, the influence of this so called race idea started to take hold in the family.
Third, fear! Keep in mind, it was legal to kill native as late as 1920. So why would our ancestors "rock the boat?" So while my grandparents descendants was fighting to call themselves some group name, the parents said nothing and looked the other way.
One is that they wanted to show their independence from their ancestors.
Two, the influence of this so called race idea started to take hold in the family.
Third, fear! Keep in mind, it was legal to kill native as late as 1920. So why would our ancestors "rock the boat?" So while my grandparents descendants was fighting to call themselves some group name, the parents said nothing and looked the other way.
I was the only one that named one of my children after an ancestor, not my mother's family but my wife's ex-slave ancestor, "Amanda Ann Williams III" (after ex-slave, Amanda Ann Porter). My Uncle John was named after my grand father, not by any John Brown that may have been in the family.
Why did it take hold? Because of the way our ancestors was being treated. We started feeling the hatred of the "Jim Crow" days and a need to be part of a group. Our ancestors were not fighting "Jim Crow" and they did not defend themselves and who they were as Natives. They stayed out of sight and kept their mouth shut. So people in my generation believed the propaganda of the Intelligentsia and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Do you notice that it has "colored people" in the name? They never changed it to Black.
If you fill out a form for a job, hospital, or a dentist, One question is on the form that makes little sense, "Race."
What is Race?
What is Race? When some people use the “race” they attach a biological meaning, still others use “race” as a socially constructed concept. It is clear that even though race does not have a biological meaning, it does have a social meaning which has been legally constructed.
Caucasion:
Skull: Dolicephalic(Long-Head),High forehead,Little supraobital development.
Face: Mainly Leptoproscopic( Narrow)Sometimes Meso- or even Euryproscopic, Neither Facial nor alveolar prognathism occurs except among some archaic peoples.
Nose:Long,narrow,high in both root and bridge.
Skull: Dolicephalic(Long-Head),High forehead,Little supraobital development.
Face: Mainly Leptoproscopic( Narrow)Sometimes Meso- or even Euryproscopic, Neither Facial nor alveolar prognathism occurs except among some archaic peoples.
Nose:Long,narrow,high in both root and bridge.
Mongoloid:
Skull: High incidence of Brachycephaly(Short Round Head)
American Indians while Mongoloid are often Dolicephalic.
Foreheads slightly lower than that of the Caucasoid.
No Supraobital development.
Face: Wide and short, projecting cheek bones, Prognathism rare. Shovel shaped incisors common especialy in Asia.
Nose: Mesorine(Low and Broad in both root and bridge.
Skull: High incidence of Brachycephaly(Short Round Head)
American Indians while Mongoloid are often Dolicephalic.
Foreheads slightly lower than that of the Caucasoid.
No Supraobital development.
Face: Wide and short, projecting cheek bones, Prognathism rare. Shovel shaped incisors common especialy in Asia.
Nose: Mesorine(Low and Broad in both root and bridge.
Negroid:
Skull: usually Dolicephalic, a small minority are Brachycephalic.
Forehead most often high, little supraobital development.
Face: Leproscopic (to a much lesser degree than the Caucasion), Prognathism common in most Negro populations.
Skull: usually Dolicephalic, a small minority are Brachycephalic.
Forehead most often high, little supraobital development.
Face: Leproscopic (to a much lesser degree than the Caucasion), Prognathism common in most Negro populations.
Nose: Low & broad in root and bridge with characteristic depression at root.
Race does not exist, Nationality does
Race does not exist, Nationality does
So the US Government, the Intelligentsia, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) created and supported these divisions to divide people into groups for their own purposes. The public just went along with this government project.
The local state or federal Governments can and will treat people one way or another based on how the leaders feel about classes of people.
Before 1920, Natives were treated worst. So Natives passed for Black.
Click on the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/09/poll-blacks-whites-agree-police-treat-blacks-differently/71918706/
The local state or federal Governments can and will treat people one way or another based on how the leaders feel about classes of people.
Before 1920, Natives were treated worst. So Natives passed for Black.
Click on the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/09/poll-blacks-whites-agree-police-treat-blacks-differently/71918706/
Poll: Blacks, whites agree police treat blacks differently
When I was hired by Pennsylvania Blue Shield in Harrisburg, I put down that I was a Native. They called me at my desk and told me that I mistakenly check the wrong box. I could not be what I told them that I was and they demanded that I change it.
Amanda went to CD High School and gave a presentation about her family. Her teacher told her that she should tell the truth about her family.
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What races do these three people belong?
Is she Caucasion?
Is she Mongoloid?
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What races do these three people belong?
Is she Caucasion?
Is she Mongoloid?
Thank you for the information and reading your family history is very rewarding.
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