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Sep 25, 2022Liked by Lee Kern

Have you converted to Sikhism now?

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Sep 24, 2022Liked by Lee Kern

My dear Mr. Kern,

If offered chips, fresh from the fryer, on Yom Kippur, I would convert to Islam and eat them. But seriously, I am here in the colonies, and I have a brother-in-law who is half German, and a quarter each African and Cherokee (the Cherokee owned African slaves, whom they often freed and welcomed into their nation, so this mixture is not uncommon). But I think I do understand what you mean by people who can have almost any ethnic identity projected onto them. Now, my mother is ethnically German, and she has a brother who is, shall I say, 'proud' of his identify. My sister had been married before, to a man of Italian and Irish heritage, but sadly the marriage did not last. So, at her second wedding, in front of my uncle, I made it a point to say (rather audibly, too) that "thank goodness this time she's marrying a German." My dear uncle has not spoken to me since.

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