Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-07 13:00:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 621E46D684B75C44A0E50F825E7CA1C2D27F26B055C3C300EFD7C5872A8D6835
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Original Note:
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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