How important is to know your roots? We all humans are mixed of many origins, and we are the result of coexistence and invasions, voluntary and forced mixtures, sharing and stolen experiences and knowledge, victories and defeats, war and peace, we are a balance, a duality and many dualities within.
Photo by NMAI
That is why we can learn from each other, instead of living separated. We can learn who we are and then know how to respect and appreciate our roots, and others too.
How many Americans -and I mean people from all the American continent- are mixed of Indigenous Native and African Black ancestry? If DNA tests were mandatory, many surprises would come through.
Especially in the so called Latino community in the U.S. we are mostly of Natives and Africans, among others. Even if we have imposed European names and surnames, but is our history and ancestry which define our races, our differences and commonalities.
This video is about the exhibit "IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas" which runs until May 31, 2010 the National Museum of the American [Indigenous] in Washington, DC. Visit the exhibit's website here (PDF file).
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Nice video Carlos, thanks for covering this exhibit for those of us who aren't in DC. I agree, there should be a permanent online exhibit where people can post their own testimonies about being Native and Black!
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