So, I'm in Yosemite this week, talking to a Dutch Woman there with her family

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63. I am not sure doomed to repeat history as much as it is in our DNA.

The seeds were planted here and are now bearing the inevitable human fruit. Native American history is not superior to what happened in Africa, Asia or Europe. We are all an extension of the human condition and can commonly claim African origins. About 10 years ago I attended an international family reunion here in the United States a couple European relatives approached me with the comment that I resembled some ancestors from 200 year old paintings in what at the time was Prussia. I was not amused, I also knew the family history not only from Europe but also in America. The only race I deplore is the Human Race and the willingness of our kind with varying skin tones, geographic and linguistic origins to deny how easy it is for humans to justify the deplorable acts perpetrated on each other. Where ever our kind inhabits no matter our origins we are 3 to 4 meals from chaos. As global warming takes hold and ( say Holland floods) coastal cities disappear I would not bet the bottom line on human cooperation and compassion.