For what reasons have mixed-heritage peoples been largely left out of historical accounts?
396655
Dude, youre asking too much about history...the past is past.
963909
It's a mixture of many diverse cultures aquired over the last 230 years.
1103084
European civilisations arose very quickly and didn't take long to branch out.  A lot of it dates back to the Roman era, one of the longest lived empires in recorded history, but distrust of whites really took hold in the past 400 years with British Imperialism known for its cruelty and breadth.  It didn't help that white Americans held slaves for a couple hundred years and virtually wiped the land clear of natives.\n\nBasically, the "civilised" people of the world forced their brand on "civilisation" on much of the rest of the world.  Having greater military might because they were able to be more developed due to geographical luck, it was usually bloody.  White people were basically given the best head start, and they took advantage of it throughout the years, and in many cases still do today - look at US and British interference in middle eastern affairs over the past 60 years as a common modern example.
704928
We pretty much beat their culture out of them when we made them slaves. The are not taught the language of their ancestors because we robbed it from them,  an experience that your forefathers never experienced.  Now any knowledge of their heratige must be learned second hand with great effort instead of being a birthright.  \n\nHow are they supposed to "know their heritage"?\nHow are they supposed to even know which country their ancestors are from?\nHow were they supposed to practice their language when they were forcibly sperated?\n\nYour personal opinion is pretty clear.
725098
I completely agree with you. A lot of people who have written above believe that people should pay for their ancestors mistakes. Prejudice against white people is socially accepted and white empowerement is frowned upon. For any other race it is important for adults to teach their youth that their race is beautiful and equal to all others however if white adults teach this to their young it is sometimes mislabeled as white supremecy. Also a lot of other cultures forget that not only whites in the past have enslaved and treated people badly. I wonder if people know that some Native American tribes such as the Cherokee also kept Aficans as slaves. Or about all the problems in Africa even know with genocide and slavery. Not only Hitler supported genocide has no one heard of Darfur?
448306
they just don't "get" other cultures or ethnic backgrounds. you'd have to be completely whitewashed in order to be accepted. In some places, though people are more multicultural... especially in places with smaller populations. It's just with the bigger the population things start to split down racial lines.
1131587
India is a mixture of many beautiful ethinic and racial groups.\nThe intermixing of the orginal inhabitants that is the Dravidians (who are claimed to be the authors of harappan civilization) with many other countries began way back in 1500 BC.\nthey were\npersians,greeks,Kushanas,Sagas,Hunas,Arabs,Turks,Afghans,Mongols,Mughals and then the British,Portiguese,French in the later stage.\nthe racial and ethinic gruops got mixed up.\nSo you can see the diversity in many cultures and festivals and its all because of this.The fair skinned people could be the Indo-arayans or Persians..if u really want to know who they really are thne u need to check up their list of great grannys..
328413
What i think is funny is that a large portion of the people who claim Cherokee, claim that their great grandmother was a Cherokee princess. Okay, if your Cherokee and telling the truth, FINE, BUT there was no such thing as royalty in the indigenous nations back in the day...yes there were chiefs...but the false label of "_____ Princess" actually came from when the beautiful young indigenous females that were shipped to "the old world" and forced to slavery within royal family homes...BUT...anybody who did not hold a royal title was not allowed into these homes, so these poor frightened girls were given the titles of "princess" so they could legally enter these estates to slave away;they were usually discarded after age overcame their ability to slave...so only the stories were returned, never the "princesses"...little off the subject, but i wanted to share that fun fact ;)
328288
for both i say mixed races. Mixed people are fine. they get the good traits from all the races.\n\n\ni like heniz 57 sauce.
1094030
Well, my ancestors come from Virginia, Bermuda, England Scotland, Germany (or actually several small historical countries that are part of Germany now), France, Austria, the Ukraine...but we've all been Southerners for nearly 200 years. \n\nNationality is  a relatively new concept that doesn't really tell you that much about who a person is. The truth is, everybody's family history gets greatly simplified--especially when you're filling out forms--and quite a lot of our families' past becomes lost to history until someone takes the time to dig it up.
165676
Each tribe has their own significant ways of recording their history.  I'm not sure of the specifics of "wall writings" or what Northeastern Tribe your referencing. \n\nIn my culture (Ojibwa) we carry our history in oral teachings, not in writings and I am the 9th generation in my family to carry our histroy.
252818
because the mummies and cave people represent lost cultures that we need to know more about plus they no longer represent biological threats.you need real good reasons to dig up some ones recently buried body like an autopsy or something like that.
719001
it's beginning to look that way to me. it's too bad that a lot of people were not around during that era, and the many that were don't remember it.
10573
Look at all of the unrest in Africa -- it's ALL directly related to the colonization of Africa.\n\nThe British had a nasty habit of arming and equiping a minority group to keep the majority ethnic group 'at bay'.  This little policy of theirs is directly related to various ethnic problems, Rwanda is a perfect example.
113509
id say race is your color and ethncity is you heritage... prob where there are so many mixed ppl that they need to know...i dont see why cause color SHOULDNT make one better than the other..but it does
1008745
I don't think so, but they do have the "advantage" of all being of one common heritage.  There is an intrinsic common bond that transcends place of birth.  They are all Jewish and they have the commonality of having suffered for their religion, but they can disagree with each other just like any other group.  But again, in the end, they are all Jews.  Makes it a lot easier to convince everyone when you have that common bond.
61395
Today such questions are being answered with DNA testing to determine what areas of the world one's ancestry originates.  At some point I'm not sure the question is any more than to answer curosity, unless there is a legal issue such as discrimination in question.