Author Topic: White supremacists flock to genetic tests to confirm their ‘purity’—but most find they have mixed racial ancestries  (Read 611 times)

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Not surprising, but funny none the les.

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With the rise of spit-in-a-cup genetic testing, there’s a trend of white nationalists using these services to prove their racial identity, and then using online forums to discuss the results.



Many are disappointed to find out that their ancestry is not as “white” as they’d hoped. In a new study, sociologists Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan examined years’ worth of posts on Stormfront [a white supremacist website founded by a KKK member] to see how members dealt with the news....

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/08/17/white-supremacists-flock-genetic-tests-confirm-purity-find-mixed-racial-ancestries/