You could only be acknowledged through the monetary payments for your education and financial hardships of you and your motha.

You were kept private, to staff, known as a "friend" not daughter of their employer. That's it.

You were still a "colored child".

Even though he was a grown man that lay with a child of fifteen, before, during, and after conception, you were still a "colored child".

Coming forth from urging of family to claim a place in history, only after his death.

The thought of media attention is the only reason for HIS family's acknowledgement.

You still a "colored child." No more acknowledged today than when the sperm met the egg.

There are many like you still waiting to correct the history of familial ties to infamous mastahs of white skin.

Seeking acknowledgement but still a "colored child."

© March 2006 By Afromerica