I was extra bored this Summer. I didn’t even get laid. It was very boring. I was also renting my appartement in between my out of town gigs - Oh, yes guys. I’m a touring DJ who don’t fuck. Then, I got my first Black guest and he was the hottest ever. He was always in his boxer in the appartement and I didn’t say anything because, it was a work of art. He was working for Barbie doll’s marketing team. I taught it was pretty interesting. BUT still, he sold me the idea of me buying a DNA test with 23andMe.
At first, I was supposed to do the DNA test with my mom and open it on my first trip to Haiti. BUT, I’m an asshole, I didn’t wait for her and did it on my own. It’s the cheap and not so detailed one anyway.
First, there’s my forever story of when I travel and people think I lie when I say that I’m Canadian. Then, there’s people assuming I’m from Africa (I do but, I don’t know from where) and this always gets people confused that I answer ‘’yes, I’m African but I don’t know from where and I didn’t get adopted’’ Most European forgot what they did to us. I’m the product of a strong DNA that wasn’t drawn in water or died of European diseases. I’m my ancestors wildest dream.
Taking the test was a reason for me to retrace the history of Haiti through my DNA. God knows, it’s the craziest history of the Modern world. That’s when that fuccboi Napoleon was defeated by my ancestors. When, I was ‘’my ancestor’’ I’m really talking about people who share same DNA as I do. On my Maternal Grandmother’s side, they keep a sword that’s been in the family since the Haitian Revolution of 1804. My mom saw it, touched it and as tried for many years to bring it back to Canada but, it never worked because it used to be a deadly weapon.
Now, the major issue of doing this DNA test is very Black Mirror-esque. I knew I was giving away my data to Google but, why did I still did it ? Maybe I’ve watched The Matrix too many times. We’re all already giving away our data in live format to major compagnies like Google, Facebook etc. They know what we do and when, where and with who we do it. They already know how we buy, what product we’d like to see in the market and how they will sell it to us.
Then, one thing for me was sure: Aïsha Vertus wasn’t THE target but, what I represent certainly is. Black Americans have no other ways then tracing there DNA to get to know their family history. If I trace both of my family names, I’ll end up with the genealogy of a punch of White Colonizer in Europe. Which could have maybe links to my own DNA. Prob one of the Masters rapped my great-great-great-(...)-great grandmother and that was very often. Don’t you think that there was a lot some Pocahontas / John Smith stories back then so we’d have cute mixed kids.
So, they take your DNA they can also trace which disease and more accurate for you to have and pharma compagny bought out 300 million $USD to many of these Ancestry company. Selling everyday products to selling you pharmaceuticals and even prevent you to get a good insurance compagny.
I still need to do reseaches but, I think I’m being protect from all that as a Canada living in Europe or even as a Canadian but not really if I was American.
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