Not All Blacks are Black......

All my life, especially since I have gotten older, I have wondered what my ancestry looked like. Where do I come from, who are my people, where are they now? I even tried Ancestry.com but of course that did not help. I did find my Fathers family though, because an Aunt was documenting the family tree. I also found and met a Brother who was my father's son from another woman.

However, when I was a Flight Attendant I heard from several Jewish people and people in Government that the Mormon Church has records of the slaves that were brought here to the United States starting from 1619 when the first slaves were brought to the country, and that I could look up the information that way. Ok, well that seems very easy to some, but for the practical or average Black person in America, it is not that easy to just hop on a plane and head up to Salt Lake City, in order to ask the Mormon Church if I can access their records of the slaves that came over to America. Reason being, I don't know who my Great-great Grandparents were, they were sold and traded. Families were separated as soon as they got off the boat.

All of my white friends could tell me, well..... that their roots started in France, Russia, Germany, Ireland or where ever it was that they hailed from. All I could say is that I was from America and my family members at some point in history had been slaves, but since we had taken on the family name of our slave owners, I have no idea what those names could possibly be. We'd also been renamed by those slave owners because our names had been to hard to pronoun.

Well, those slaves came from somewhere. Did they not? Africa! Well, from what I understand the African people say that black people are not their people, they are nothing more than a bunch of cotton picking ni@@@'s. I have heard this myself, I don't need to say that such and such told me. And historically they had sold us to those who'd brought us here to America to be slaves. The African's will tell you in a heartbeat that no, they did not sell their own people.

So where did we actually come from? We are not African, not one drop of African do we have flowing in our veins. Now yes of course I know that their are some black people here that come from Africa, but have you ever really noticed, they are not in our black neighborhoods and do not really associate with the average black American. Not all but most. I need to say this early on and I don't want to hear or see anyone write to me that they can explain my origins... I am not having it. You see we are not African and there is no country that I know of that is called Black, so what is it?

Well here goes. Just like my white friends hail from different countries or nationalities, so do people who have dark skin. We are not all African just because we are black.

Thus, here is the reason why I have created this blog. I want Black America to know their origin and to be proud of who they are. As I have accumulated information in my research, I have come across many sources who are correct in their findings, however their approach in relaying it can be at times offensive or down right mean.  I have decided to take a more academic approach, along with scholarly resources, visual, other researchers such as myself, and the Bible.

Now I know right there, THE Bible will scare some of you off, but I need you to humor me for a while. As I give you information, go and research it for yourself and then feel free to do with it as you will. Never believe anything I say, but consider it.

A little about me:

My name is Sharman. I went back to college later in life than most. For myself only, I appreciate it more that I went back in my forties, because not only did I have life experiences to bring into the class with me, I also had a maturity I did not possess when I was younger.

I chose to get my Associates in Music and I excelled so much academically that I had my choice of colleges. I didn't need to apply to a University, because they came to me. Notre Dame, LSU, Penn State, Harvard, Columbia, and Texas Tech just to name a few. I also received a Presidential Scholarship for 12,000 dollars per semester and several others as well. I took school serious, because I was there to learn and absorb.

I chose St. Mary's University, because it was close to my house and I knew that they had a great Law School. Although I received my Associates in Music from NorthWest Vista, I chose to obtain my Bachelor's in Theology from St. Mary's. That means I received my Bachelor's in Humanities and Social Sciences. I knew going in that I was not Catholic but I wanted to study Theology because I wanted to do a deep study of the Bible. I had no idea going in, that I would come out a different person altogether. Learning things I had not known were possible, shaking the foundations of my beliefs, and sending me down a path in a new direction to find myself and my true identity.

My Professor's were Jesuit Priest', Attorney's  of Law, or Dr's of different fields as  was necessary to be a Professor, but my Professor's were all Catholic and to me that has turned out to be the biggest blessing of all, not because I too am a Catholic, because I am not. It turned out to be important because everything I learned was first hand, and source direct and not by someone who said they heard it from a friend or someone on the internet.

I have made sure that I have gathered as much academic information that I can, and I have also enlisted others with greater insight than I have. You see, I too am still learning. I will not ever claim to have a greater knowledge than everybody who knows this truth, because it would be untrue, but it is extensive.

So we will walk methodically through this process of learning, and discovery. I will give you information, and you in turn can send me information, please. This message is not for everyone. I am not trying to cause a racial uproar, or hurt anyone, I am pleading my case to Blacks, but others are more than welcome to join the discussion. This is a serious discussion, so I will delete any negative, or racist comments, because they are not necessary, that is why I am creating this blog.

There are those who are waking up, and there are those who do not know, but it is my hope that they will all learn and grow.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I will plead the case to the Black American and those scattered to four corners of the Earth! You are more than who you think!