Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-06 21:50:37 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BC8360C16E55B0FB0E8E4569259A59D10A0DBE62F155FA811D1EE8562C44A4D1
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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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