Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-07 00:38:01 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DDAE726C0B2BD1A5F400BC18CD6C10F363191A4C0B4AE990EFC38F9471666DD2
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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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