Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Why did Cassie's father tell her about her great grandfather being white in "let the circle be unbroken"

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Papa knows that Cassie is comming of age. Boys will begin looking at her. Papa wants Cassie to know the truth that grandpa’s father, a white man, kept slaves and had relations with some of those slaves. Papa thinks that someday race mixing will be fine, but right now it does not work.