When my grandfather died a few years ago with millions of dollars in the bank, my mom told me not to expect an inheritance because I wasn’t blood related. I can’t remember if she explicitly said it or implied it, but the fact that I am Black was certainly a factor. Years before, I had read a book of my grandfather’s family history spanning from England to America, and the one thing I remember from it was the list of enslaved people who were to be inherited by a son of my grandfather’s distant relative. Black people in this family have always gotten the short end of the stick, apparently.
the center of survival
the center of survival
the center of survival
When my grandfather died a few years ago with millions of dollars in the bank, my mom told me not to expect an inheritance because I wasn’t blood related. I can’t remember if she explicitly said it or implied it, but the fact that I am Black was certainly a factor. Years before, I had read a book of my grandfather’s family history spanning from England to America, and the one thing I remember from it was the list of enslaved people who were to be inherited by a son of my grandfather’s distant relative. Black people in this family have always gotten the short end of the stick, apparently.