User:Elemenel/About you

I was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. during the 1950's and 1960's. For a number of reasons, I grew up attending many schools while living in a multitude of houses and apartments in the Washington, D.C. area and also in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. I think that these experiences served to make me have a rather flexible and compassionate character. Of African American descent, I am fascinated by the historical implications of having persons uprooted from their homes and comfortable living environments (African continent), and then separated from all family ties. The result is evident several generations later, in the United States. Here, the succeeding generations of former enslaved Africans who do not know the history of their ancestors are active and unique contributors to the North American culture.