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Paul Lew

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Class of 1996

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Paul Lew - Class of 1996 - North Kitsap High School
First Name Paul
Last Name Lew
Graduation Year Class of 1996
Gender Male
Current Location Boston, Massachusetts
Hometown Holyoke, Massachusetts
Relationship Status Single
About Me I am an African American of mixed decent. My father had an Afro and would be considered mulatto. My mother has blond hair and blue eyes. I consider myself to be mulatto even though I'm so mulatto I look like a white boy. My ancestors (on the black side) fired the first shots of the American revolution and my great grand father broke the color barrier in pro basketball back in 1902. I am a Lew I feel at home in this country that my ancestors (who were African American) helped to make free. My skin looks fair but I am very much an African American both in my blood that is blue and in my struggle to find a common bond with the melting pot of people and culture in this country. Before there were states my family was of mixed decent. Primus married Margret Lew also know as Margret the mulatto and took her sir name after buying his own freedom with the money he made fighting in the French and Indian war years before the Lews fired at British troops on their farm in Chelmsford at the beginning of the American revolution. Look up Barzillai Lew my great great great great great Grandfather. As I live this life in search of the truth I cannot ignore that the deeds of many African Americans have been underplayed if not written out of history all together. Have you ever heard of Gilbert Stuart? The man who painted George Washington as seen on the dollar bill. Well Mr. Stuart also painted a portrait of Barzillai Lew Jr. my great great great great grand uncle. The portrait is thought to be the first portrait of an African American in the states even though some would say he was mulatto. Gilbert Stuart by the way a man who painted the president as seen on our currency died in the streets of Boston with out a penny to his name. Could it be that the powers of the time were punishing him for painting that portrait of Barzillai Lew Jr. Which is now on display at the state house or maybe it was just from being an artist and traveling before we had planes to Europe and back. For me to say as a mulatto descendant of these great people that I am not an African American would be to deny the great ancestry that I am so proud of and to make light the struggle for equality that le...(read more)
Paul Lew - Class of 1996 - North Kitsap High School

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