Wow:  these comments have some of the most interesting stories in them..  These stories empower you to be yourself, the black story is universal, these same dynamics resemble stories from all over the world where black people are.     A Place Value Ancertral Voyage 2 years ago     "I am still hurting for my Grand father. He told me years ago he was in the Navy. He was in it for 15 years. His name was Samuel Gardner. He was a mechanic that worked on the Submarine. We all called him Daddy, his children and his Grand Children. I was a very curious girl and I watched him think. so one day I asked him, daddy why do you have that far away look in your eyes. He told me his story. He said he saved over one hundred men from drowning in the bottom of the ocean during World War two. You see the white officers could not get the submarine to swim to the top of the ocean. They tried for hours. Daddy said it began to get hot and the white men began to panic. Daddy said he asked them to