On my father’s side, I’m descended from Southerners.

On my mother’s side, I’m descended from Germans who immigrated here after WWII. I *think* money I’ve inherited from my mom (it ain’t all that much; don’t get excited) came in large part from my godmother, who did ok renting apartments to American GIs in Berlin. Who were paid in dollars paid to *them* by… the U.S. government.

I don’t think I have a single dollar bill that doesn’t have a drop of blood on it.

[To be clear, I’m talking about slavery in the U.S.]