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RicoElectrico 74 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Independent directors of 23andMe resign from board

Americans treat their ancestry (specifically the nations they come from) almost like zodiac signs. This is meme material (e.g. Plastic Paddies, Plywood Poles etc.)

marxisttemp 73 days ago [–]

Zodiac signs is a good way of putting it.

I think as a country of immigrants—or colonizers—we all feel desperate for some sense of personal history and identity.

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