Speaking to Ancestors

an art project by hgranger

Who we are

Here. Right here. Don’t look away!

Many of my direct line, DNA descended, ancestors were enslavers. I have known this most of my life. My grandfather… Read more
genealogy in the USA

Genealogy! A safe place for white peopleHappy they are to latch on to the idea of exciting ancestorsExciting to them:descendants… Read more
Stampede

The urge to retreat into the safety of my whiteness is so strong. Recognizing this, seeing this, feeling the desire… Read more
Behave

If things were different, you don’t know how you would react You don’t know how you would react nowYou say… Read more
White Women

White women ask yourselves What have you given up for your brothers? What have you given up for your sons?… Read more
Who are you when you don’t have a name?

Part I: How the patriarchy does it In our white patriarchy Women of any color are rarely recorded well in… Read more
white people

we bred and we stole andwe bred and we stole.For centuries.Destroying the land and the people already thereI don’t understand… Read more
DNA

It began with DNA really. In 20– I submitted samples from myself, my parents, and my maternal aunt (my mother’s… Read more
Delia Anne Seavy

I have found Delia Anne Seavey’s mother 🎉🎉🎉 “While it will never earn this account high marks from historians and… Read more
your ancestors in a gif

most of my ancestors were minions. they followed the coin. where there was a man who held land or had… Read more