After reading Samuel Richards article, I found it to be very interesting. The students in the class were very interested in learning more about the topic and their own individual backgrounds. This reminded me of a class I took last semester here at WCU, where one of my professors was offering a DNA test to a limited amount of students. As soon as she passed around the sign-up sheet it was full of names of those who were interested in participating in the study.
I was one of the students who were tested. Although the results have yet to come back, I am very interested to know exactly what is in "my blood." I think now more than ever people are more willing to take these tests to find out "who they are." I believe due to the large amount of racism years ago most people wouldn't want to voluntarily consider taking the test because they would be scared to know if there were associated with some "African, White, Asian, Indian, Spanish, etc." I do believe that those who are tested now and find out that they have other ethnicities that they did not know of before, it makes them become more culturally open and aware.
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