AndieZel
Duchess of the Darkskinned MGM ADOS
This is related to a question that came up in a recent discussion with my cousin about whether she should take advantage of scholarships/programs that target black first-generation college students.
Our shared maternal line was heavily FPOC until the 1940s, and our shared grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather and great-great uncles all were college educated -- either during or directly after a time when enslaved people were denied the right to even learn to read and write.
So here's my question -- albeit potentially an unanswerable one -- does having FPOC ancestors translate to measurable economic privilege among modern day Black Americans?
I grew up in a very comfortable household because I had wonderful parents who were educated and able to amass capital. But how much of that is down to their own industriousness, and how much was enabled by their ancestors, who had a head-start on wealth-building and entrepreneurship? They both came from parents who owned their homes, and grandparents who owned significant tracts of land.
I wonder if it all kind of comes out in the wash at this point, or whether where your ancestors were 150 years ago has/is still having a significant impact on where you are today? I was recently reading and wonder if this could be a hidden factor in explaining some of the economic disparities we witness in the African American community today?
Our shared maternal line was heavily FPOC until the 1940s, and our shared grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather and great-great uncles all were college educated -- either during or directly after a time when enslaved people were denied the right to even learn to read and write.
So here's my question -- albeit potentially an unanswerable one -- does having FPOC ancestors translate to measurable economic privilege among modern day Black Americans?
I grew up in a very comfortable household because I had wonderful parents who were educated and able to amass capital. But how much of that is down to their own industriousness, and how much was enabled by their ancestors, who had a head-start on wealth-building and entrepreneurship? They both came from parents who owned their homes, and grandparents who owned significant tracts of land.
I wonder if it all kind of comes out in the wash at this point, or whether where your ancestors were 150 years ago has/is still having a significant impact on where you are today? I was recently reading and wonder if this could be a hidden factor in explaining some of the economic disparities we witness in the African American community today?