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   Lardy Girl to All   
   Genetics   
   14 Sep 18 16:01:13   
   
   From: usteen@asdf.fi   
      
   The Anna's News Clippings story is at the top for context;   
   anagrams are further down.   
      
   Hastings, Michigan, police officer Cleon Brown is upset about the   
   results from DNA testing he received through an ancestry.com service.   
   The results in question are his colleagues' responses to the   
   revelation that he is '18-33% sub-Saharan African'.  Brown, who is   
   white, says that he was upset by racial taunts such as colleagues   
   whispering 'Black Lives Matter' in his presence.  He described   
   responding 'I cannot believe you just called me that' after the police   
   chief addressed him as 'Kunta'.   
     He sued the city for $500,000 on account of this 'straight-up   
   racism' and was placed on paid administrative leave until 31 October.   
   City officials, who argued that Brown himself had taken part in the   
   jokes (e.g., 'the 18% is all in my pants'), stated that it has chosen   
   to have insurers pay out a $65,000 settlement merely to avoid   
   further disruption.   
      
   I'm not sure which works best:   
      
     Sergeant Cleon Brown =   
     'Net lab: 'Cornrows gene!'   
      
     Police sergeant Clean Brown =   
     Open label 'cornrow genetics'   
   or   
     'Net: 'I label cop's cornrow gene'   
      
   These 'tests' are rather dubious in any case - and probably aimed   
   mainly at getting people to pay to let their data and genetic material   
   be harvested and sold on:   
     ancestry.com = 'Trace my cons!'   
      
      
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