April 4, 2009 at 12:00 am #20936
AnneB
Participant
If you trace our ancestry far enough back we all come from Africa regardless of race. That's where humans began, according to most scientists. Anyway, I don't know why your classmates had such a hard time realizing that most folks in the U.S. are multi-racial. Having darker skin and being labeled "black" doesn't mean that you are only African American. Take Tiger Woods and Barack Obama for example.