What Do You Mean We

People love their ancestry,
And people are resentful,
Hostile, or condescending

With regard to ancestries
They don’t perceive as their own.
It’s a little thrill to claim

Individual villains
Perched in the family tree,
But, on the whole, your people

Triumphed by perseverance,
An inherent quality,
While suffering wickedness

From other kinds of people,
Against whom they persevered.