I had to look up SJW (Social Justice Warrior), but it appears that Squawker took some material from a satire site (cracked.com) a bit too seriously. Ann Turner On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < [email protected]> wrote: > I think that was Squawker labeling the 23andMe results fake. Regardless, > the last line of the article is worrisome: > > If you were hesitant to purchase these kind of kits before, I’d > highly advise you to just save your money and discourage SJW’s from telling > every white person that they’re black. > > -----Original Message----- > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ken Waters > Sent: 11 December 2017 15:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Testing Companies Like 23andme Admit Adding Fake > African Ancestry To White Profiles In Order To Screw With Racists | Squawker > > Did you notice the clear label on the photo at the top of the article that > was stamped “FAKE NEWS”? > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:29 AM Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > https://squawker.org/culture-wars/dna-testing-companies- > like-23andme-admit-adding-fake-african-ancestry-to- > white-profiles-in-order-to-screw-with-racists/ > > > > If this is true, it’s about as dreadful as could be imagined. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Amateur Genetic Genealogist in Mesa, AZ > Twitter: @FamilyTreeAZ > Interests: DNA, Azores, San Francisco, early colonial America > Blog: http://familytreeAZ.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Aha, Ann, thank you so much for checking it out for us :-D On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Ann Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to look up SJW (Social Justice Warrior), but it appears that Squawker > took some material from a satire site (cracked.com) a bit too seriously. > > Ann Turner > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that was Squawker labeling the 23andMe results fake. Regardless, > > the last line of the article is worrisome: > > > > If you were hesitant to purchase these kind of kits before, I’d > > highly advise you to just save your money and discourage SJW’s from > telling > > every white person that they’re black. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > Of Ken Waters > > Sent: 11 December 2017 15:01 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Testing Companies Like 23andme Admit Adding Fake > > African Ancestry To White Profiles In Order To Screw With Racists | > Squawker > > > > Did you notice the clear label on the photo at the top of the article > that > > was stamped “FAKE NEWS”? > > > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:29 AM Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > https://squawker.org/culture-wars/dna-testing-companies- > > like-23andme-admit-adding-fake-african-ancestry-to- > > white-profiles-in-order-to-screw-with-racists/ > > > > > > If this is true, it’s about as dreadful as could be imagined. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > > Amateur Genetic Genealogist in Mesa, AZ > > Twitter: @FamilyTreeAZ > > Interests: DNA, Azores, San Francisco, early colonial America > > Blog: http://familytreeAZ.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I didn't intend this to become a political conversation, though I must admit that SJW and other acronyms are flying about in US news. Apologies for including it. Thomas Anderson's caution is probably a good one. I am distressed to see legitimate DNA testing getting a bad rap from anyone. The Cracked article (which I hadn't originally looked at) is even worse. If any of that is correct, where does that leave us? I doubt if Marleen will be happy with this thread. Sorry! -----Original Message----- From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ann Turner Sent: 11 December 2017 17:40 To: DNA Genealogy Mailing List Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Testing Companies Like 23andme Admit Adding Fake African Ancestry To White Profiles In Order To Screw With Racists | Squawker I had to look up SJW (Social Justice Warrior), but it appears that Squawker took some material from a satire site (cracked.com) a bit too seriously. Ann Turner On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < [email protected]> wrote: > I think that was Squawker labeling the 23andMe results fake. Regardless, > the last line of the article is worrisome: > > If you were hesitant to purchase these kind of kits before, I’d > highly advise you to just save your money and discourage SJW’s from telling > every white person that they’re black. > > -----Original Message----- > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ken Waters > Sent: 11 December 2017 15:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Testing Companies Like 23andme Admit Adding Fake > African Ancestry To White Profiles In Order To Screw With Racists | Squawker > > Did you notice the clear label on the photo at the top of the article that > was stamped “FAKE NEWS”? > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:29 AM Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > https://squawker.org/culture-wars/dna-testing-companies- > like-23andme-admit-adding-fake-african-ancestry-to- > white-profiles-in-order-to-screw-with-racists/ > > > > If this is true, it’s about as dreadful as could be imagined. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Amateur Genetic Genealogist in Mesa, AZ > Twitter: @FamilyTreeAZ > Interests: DNA, Azores, San Francisco, early colonial America > Blog: http://familytreeAZ.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Ann Turner, for pointing out that the source (Cracked.com) is a satire site and therefore the entire piece is nonsense. Let's close this discussion. Genealogists come in all political stripes and there is no point in a) giving more time and space to erroneous garbage or b) letting divisive politics derail cooperation on our shared hobby. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> Karla Huebner calypsospots AT gmail.com On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Ann Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to look up SJW (Social Justice Warrior), but it appears that Squawker > took some material from a satire site (cracked.com) a bit too seriously. > > Ann Turner > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that was Squawker labeling the 23andMe results fake. Regardless, > > the last line of the article is worrisome: > > > > If you were hesitant to purchase these kind of kits before, I’d > > highly advise you to just save your money and discourage SJW’s from > telling > > every white person that they’re black. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: GENEALOGY-DNA [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > Of Ken Waters > > Sent: 11 December 2017 15:01 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Testing Companies Like 23andme Admit Adding Fake > > African Ancestry To White Profiles In Order To Screw With Racists | > Squawker > > > > Did you notice the clear label on the photo at the top of the article > that > > was stamped “FAKE NEWS”? > > > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:29 AM Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > https://squawker.org/culture-wars/dna-testing-companies- > > like-23andme-admit-adding-fake-african-ancestry-to- > > white-profiles-in-order-to-screw-with-racists/ > > > > > > If this is true, it’s about as dreadful as could be imagined. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > > Amateur Genetic Genealogist in Mesa, AZ > > Twitter: @FamilyTreeAZ > > Interests: DNA, Azores, San Francisco, early colonial America > > Blog: http://familytreeAZ.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >