Colin Powell's parents are Jamaican.
My great great Grandma was black, and she was Irish.
Apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently left out of my reference to "African dissent". I assumed that WAY BACK in history, the race originated in what we now refer to as Africa. I do not wish to limit anyone's participation in my comment with reference to "African". If you have lived in America long enough, your family is as mine is, a patchwork quilt of races, Caucasian, Black and Native American. Are we seeing the difficulty with trying to discuss the issue, here, folks? EVERYONE has a bone to pick.