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  1. When I refer to 'Syrians' it would have to be in context because that could mean both the Assyrians or the Original Syrians. Because the Assyrians were Separatist based on Colorism and White Supremacy, the word 'Syria' can be a confusion unless it is regarded within context of the subject at hand. The Original Syrians come from the very same origin as the Assyrians, however they became two distinct ethnic groups by the time of the height of the Greater Babylonian Empire back in the 2000s BC. The Syrians were 'the Brown 'race' of people! The Syrians formed their cultures in South Syria. The Arameans and the Syrians are two totally different kinds of people. But all of them, the Assyrians, the Syrians and the Arameans have a major history in the country of Syria. The Assyrians formed their civilization to the North of the Syrians that they separated from. One 'GENERAL SOURCE' I will refer to and that is the Bible: Abraham was told to break off from his father Terah, because Terah bonded with the Assyrians. So Abraham later broke off from his father when he became older for this reason and his grandson, Jacob bonded with the SYRIANS in South Syria for this reason. The EBERS [ie. Hebers] were divided on this Assyrian White Supremacist movement. And Terah was involved in that Moon goddess--White woman fertility cult in Assyrian that Nefertiti later came out of hundreds of years later. Abraham was told by God to break off from his father for this very reason WHITE SUPREMACY. In the Book of ACTS, the Jews stoned Stephen for bringing up this very issue. Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees and at this time when he was very young, the Creator told him to break off from his father. Terah fled Ur due to violence and resettled with the Assyrians in North Syria. Terah lived in Greater Babylon at the time that the Cush Hamites began to enslaved their own people. Abraham [ie. Abram] maternal origins are linked to RAM. But his half-sister Sarah [ie. Sarai] had maternal origins with THE MEDES [ie Madai or the People of AI]. Abraham's maternal origins stems from a Black woman of Ur of the Chaldees. The Syrian culture was formed at this time. So the term 'Ur' is the key in that out of Greater Babylon, there were so many different kinds of 'Urian cultures' of ethnic peoples that came out of this massive civilization after it was eventually overthrown. They Syrians' name 'SHUR' actually refers to their origins too from Greater Babylon. Then their were the HURIANS in Turkey Anatolia of which many of these people migrated or were forced marched to other places, one of which was Africa... The Aramean history is massive! But they are a distinct people apart from the Syrians and the Assyrians.
  2. Hi @Troy Do I know my grandfather? Yes. I am assuming that you are asking about her husband? My Great-grandmother's husband? There is a lot of information I have learned over the course of about 30 years. I have been relentless and at times, I have had to back off, because my relatives at times became angry with me and did not want to speak about the past. I am very stressed right now and reluctant to look at my information because of the tense reaction I have received from my relatives, but I am considering writing a book. My Great-great grandfather was from the southern parts of Nigeria and was initially brought to a slave plantation to Virginia. My Great grandfather was sold with his father from Virginia to South Carolina. I was told a heart rendering story in how My Great-great grandfather ... spun around and then he fell down, had an heart attack and then he died. My Great grandfather met my Great-grandmother when she was a little girl and they became childhood sweethearts. But she was raped. After she gave birth to two half-white offspring, my Great-grandfather still married her, but she was sold away soon after... and the story goes on and on... After Emancipation, my Great-grandfather walked all the way to another state, found her and they reunited. They had many children and my Grandfather was her last offspring from him. Then, guess what!? My Great-grandmother married another man and had more children! Her first 'half-white' son, became very substantial and he was very bonded to her and so, before he died, he reached out to help her 'black family'... I am extremely fascinated with this story. I am kind of 'in shock'. I have gotten the Death Certificates of some my ancestors.
  3. No Way! Racism was NOT invented this late in time by Americans. I have seen a few other films like this that also state the Nazi Movement came out of America and that is a complete deception! America is absolutely NOT the inventors of racism! Americans are NOT the inventors of White Supremacy! Racism is a social construct in these modern times, however, it should more properly be recognized as a Social Re-construction, a practiced that has been done for thousands and thousands of years. The film falsely states that in 1681 the word 'White' was used for the first time and that is so misleading. For this American government of the 13 Colonies that term may have been new, but long before 1681, the SPANISH COLONIES and so many more WHITE Europeans had come and exercised against the indigenous peoples. Okay, LONG Before 1705 Blacks and Whites, English, Scots, Irish, Africans did inter-related in many ways but this kind of deceptive history being handed to us to believe is just another common ploy to confuse us. We think we are putting out truth, however, we are only putting out spoon fed truths given to us by what seemingly is informed Blacks who actually got this from some 'White do-gooder source' -- LONG before 1705 Blacks, Whites, English, Scots, Irish, Africans, Moors... did inter-relate in various ways however, what we are not taught through formal education is the outrageous and violent breakdown of the Moorish Empires across Europe and the violent breakdown of the Turkish Empire LONG before the Americans re-started this White Supremacist Movement. The breakdown of THE INFIDELS was based on them being Black!!! Come on! Wake Up! There is nothing new under the sun. The Americans were not the first to form a government based on White Supremacy.
  4. Again, the word 'Race' is problematic, so I do not know how to respond to your question in a technical sense. No way @Troy I read the article that you referenced and it speaks to what I have mentioned "groups" of people based on a scientific basis. The word you use "Race" is not the correct term. That word, I agree is based on today's modern world social constructs. However, ancient people were categorized in ancient civilizations based on "ancestry" and etc. What!? @Pioneer1 Good points. With the COVID Deaths, prison systems being heavily populated by Black people, the George Floyd types of murders going on, etc., I believe that it is impossible to equate both time periods. Today, Black people are being oppressed severely.

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