Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-07 04:51:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1C43120A63A31EB1B2C920B8E043CDCE354DF5964E9CADC80EE3DF086BA6092C
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West Virginia, and Appalachia as a whole, is populated with the Melungeon people who are of mixed race descent. These people are identified as white for census reasons as shown by the Melungeon dna project https://www.Appalachian history.net/2017/05/guineas-of-west-virginia.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Ridge_people http://melungeon.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-melungeons/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon_DNA_Project#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%2Dto%2Dlate,neighbors%20and%20by%20the%20law.
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