LL-L 'Genetics' 2006.07.10 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 10 July 2006 * Volume 01
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From: 'Global Moose Translations' <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Genetics' 2006.07.09 (02) [E]

Paul wrote:
>But most North Americans, when they talk about having "Native American
blood" are
>talking purely about genetics. I'm willing to bet that Johnny Depp speaks
no
>more Cherokee than I do, and probably doesn't know much more about the
history
>and culture of the tribe. And if he does, he's learned it in exactly the
same
>way I would.

That's right, of course. But the mental images that arise when we hear that
someone is of Irish, Italian, and Inuit descent, are much clearer and a lot
more colourful than what we know (or think we know) of Teutonic and whatnot
ancestors (don't even remember most of your list, history has never been my
favourite subject) a great many centuries ago, and therefore it just seems
"cooler" because it immediately evokes certain concepts (may they be fact or
prejudice).

Gabriele Kahn

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