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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would someone prove eligibility? [/quote]

Robust genealogy research? Three of my ancestors were slaves - depending on how open the owner was about sleeping with his slaves, it's pretty easy to prove.  :cry: 
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First, I’m sorry your family experienced slavery. I do believe in generational trauma and the reverberation through the years.

I hope a follow up question isn’t insensitive. But, assuming bad records by the plantation, how would one prove this? It just seems like only a tiny sliver of impacted descendants could actually prove this history makes the bill unworkable. [/quote]

Why would you assume trauma? Its just an interesting family history is all - and proves this bill is moronic, since I'm white. [/quote]

?? It is a generational trauma for a majority of generational black American families.[/quote]

Sure, [b]and the reason I can't intimately understand it is because my half-white ancestor (the product of rape, in case that wasn't obvious) didn't wallow in his trauma. [/b]Others could learn from his determination. [/quote]

Did you read his diary? How do you know this? I have a lot of genealogical information on my ancestors from the 19th century, but I have very little idea of what any thought about their day-to-day lives because I've never read their diaries, letters, or anything else first-hand. They could have been saints or they could have been sinners, I have no clue.

Just because someone lived to old age, had a successful career, raised a family, etc. does not mean they didn't "wallow in trauma"--ask anyone who is the child of an alcoholic WWII or Vietnam vet, for example. [/quote]

We know he took of advantage of his ability to pass, ran multiple businesses, married, and had children. Trauma may have affected, but that's not wallowing by any definition. [/quote]

That's not the definition of whether one wallows in difficulty. Look at someone like Robin Williams: rich, successful, loved, employed, etc., but clearly was wallowing. Your definition of wallowing is not a good one. [/quote]

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