[Ads-l] Racist origins of "Grandfathering"

[Wilson Gray]

Well, there's Ralph Bunche, on the one hand, and Bob Gibson, on the other.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 7:37 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> > On Dec 18, 2020, at 6:00 PM, MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC
> AVMC (USA) <0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 12:09 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >>>
> >>>
> https://greensboro.com/news/education/wake-schools-will-stop-using-the-term-grandfathering-because-it-has-
> >>> racist-origins/article_478ba8fc-3664-11eb-9a49-3706dfbe2e2b.html
> >>>
> >>> News to me.
> >>>
> >>
> >> That's just because of your white privilege.
> >
> > Guess again.  I identify as Melungeon.
> >
> >
> From a web site:
>
> "What are common Melungeon last names?"
> "Some of the most prominent surnames that have been claimed as potentially
> associated with a Melungeon identity include Bowling (Bolin), Bunch, Chavis
> (Chavez), Collins, Epps, Evans, Fields, Francisco, Gibson, Gill, Goins,
> Goodman, Minor, Mise, Moore, Mullins, Osborn(e), Phipps, Reeves (Rives,
> Rieves, Reeves, Reaves), …”
>
> Who knew?  (Well, obviously someone did!)
>
> And see the caption for this photo:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon#/media/File:Mahala-mullins-cabin-porch-tn1.jpg
> Any relation?
>
> LH
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