First, genuinely nice folk who are secure in their own skin. Second - and I am dreaming - I'd like to get into a time machine that'll take me back to, let's say the year 1866, just a year after slavery, to converse with my ancestors. I picked that year because if any time earlier, the laws of this land would brand me with the legal status of "slave", and the Mel-Man ain't tryin' to hear that. I personally believe that immediately after slavery, many of our emancipated ancestors possessed knowledge of where in Africa at least one of their fore-parents was taken from. However, ingrained western societal thinking and carefully orchestrated mentalities caused the generations to become ashamed of their African roots, unfortunately... ";