![]() ![]() ![]() We were Black and African American on the census, and America told us we were Black. Shonda Buchanan: Identity is more than just the blood. What it was it like growing up Black and Indian? ![]() Sisters from AARP: Your story is complex. We chatted with the award-winning writer and educator, who reflected on her journey as a mixed-race woman and a dysfunctional family dynamic stemming from alcoholism and sexual abuse, which she hopes her book will help to heal. That folklore may or may not be true for you and your kin, but it’s a reality for Shonda Buchanan, who researched her roots and wrote the memoir, Black Indian, available online and in bookstores August 26. How many times have you overheard kitchen table talk that there’s Indian blood in your family? According to scholar and PBS’ Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates Jr., the average African American has less than 1 percent Native American ancestry. ![]()
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