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400 Years On, Mayflower's Legacy Includes Pride, Prejudice

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Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America’s shores, some descendants of the colonists are wrestling with the complicated legacy of their ancestors amid a global racial reckoning.There is immense pride among those who can trace their families back to the passengers who boarded the ship in Plymouth, England, in 1620 to flee religious persecution and realize a better life.

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News18 India

400 Years On, Mayflower's Legacy Includes Pride, Prejudice

Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto Americas shores, some descendants of the colonists are wrestling with the complicated legacy of their ancestors amid a global racial reckoning.

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400 years on, Mayflower's legacy includes pride, prejudice

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USA Today

400 years on, descendants examine Mayflower legacy

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Washington Times

400 years on, Mayflower’s legacy includes pride, prejudice

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America's shores, some descendants of the colonists are wrestling with the complicated legacy of their ancestors amid a global racial reckoning.There is immense pride among those who can trace their families back to the ...

4 years ago·United States

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HuffPost

400 Years After Mayflower's Arrival, Pilgrims' Descendants Wrestle With Legacy

Native Americans endured racism, oppression and new diseases brought by the European settlers -- a history that can't be ignored, some descendants say.

4 years ago·United States

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MY Northwest

400 years on, Mayflower's legacy includes pride, prejudice

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America’s shores, some descendants of the colonists are wrestling with the complicated legacy of their ancestors amid a global racial reckoning.There is immense pride among those who can trace their families back to the passengers who boarded the ship in Plymouth, England, in 1620 to flee religious persecution and realize a better life. Yet for some, t…

4 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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