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America got it right … well, a quarter of America got it half right

By DHughes|2017-03-23T14:37:17-04:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: politics, social, trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: Abraham Lincoln, American democracy, Canada, Donald Trump, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Hillary Clinton, Kahlil Gibran|

24% got it right and voted for change but is it the right change or Russian roulette? Four things you might not know Only 24% of Americans elected Donald Trump as President of the United States. The other 76% didn't want him or didn't bother to vote. Half the people not voting is a problem. But maybe it's Read more...

Canada’s opportunity to buy US

By DHughes|2016-12-10T00:41:47-05:00July 28th, 2011|Categories: business, politics|Tags: Boehner, Canada, China, Obamam|

For centuries Canada has lived with the fear of being overtaken or annexed by the United States - since before the War of 1812. How the tables have turned. Now, in the next few days Canada has an opportunity to "buy" the United States. If - and it's still an if - Obama and Boehner screw it up and let Read more...

My personal history is the stuff they write books about. And that's what I am doing. The working title "Five Generations to Freedom."

It's historical fiction because, unfortunately, I can not find enough records to substantiate all facets of the story. I've combed the genealogy, traveled to my father and grandmothers' birthplace, walked the graveyards, searched the churches and ... well, the facts just aren't there. I have written three books based on other families and their genealogy but my ancestors emerged from a journey that left few records – slavery.

My great grandmother, on my father's side, was a "freed slave." My grandmother, Amelia, was born to a white, French plantation owner in Grenada and a black slave named Mary, who worked on the Count de Poulain's plantation. Amelia was raised in her father's home and in adulthood, in an attempt to escape her black heritage, she "disowned" her mother Mary. Once, when Mary visited her daughter, Amelia told her, "Get out and never come back." And Amelia, as a mother herself (twelve children), told all of them, "Marry white." And many did, including my father. My mother was white Anglo-Saxon protestant born in England. They met in Canada where dad became a doctor.

It has taken five generations for the descendants of Mary (we do not know her last name) to free themselves from the bondage and stigma of their black heritage. But today, my children embrace it and are damn proud of it. Unfortunately, the 150 years in between has been a wasteland of bigotry, racism and bullying, Filled with anger, rejection, shame, fear, violence, murder and ... love, romance, kindness, perseverance and pride.

America got it right … well, a quarter of America got it half right

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Canada’s opportunity to buy US