Ben Affleck wanted his slave owner ancestor 'censored' from Finding Your Roots PBS documentary

London Daily Mail ^ | 17 April 2015 | Daniel Bates

[Sergio]

Ben Affleck persuaded the producers of Finding Your Roots to edit out details of how his ancestors were slave owners even though it was a breach of PBS editorial rules.

The new Batman star, who supports a number of liberal causes, objected to the ancestry TV show airing how his distant relations were racist, leaked Sony emails reveal.

Instead viewers were shown heartwarming stories of how his third grandfather was a mystic in the Civil War and how his sixth grandfather was a patriot who fought in the American Revolution.

Daily Mail Online has reviewed a transcript of the show and watched the video and there is no mention of slavery in the part featuring Affleck.

[Gaffer]

I don’t care. He’s still a pansy in my book.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM???

Of course, Benny Boy might have simply been afraid of a certain demographic beating his @$$ if they ever found out.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yeah, yeah, his ancestors were sinners, just like the rest of us. So?

[fungoking]

how his third grandfather was a mystic in the Civil War

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So he's not ashamed of the charlatan grandfather who exploited grieving families during the Civil War?

[gdani]

I would argue that being a slaveholder does not equate to racist

No need to bring race into it when "evil" will suffice as a description.

[ozzymandus]

Isn’t this buffoon already known for being stupidly liberal?

[Guenevere]

So!.....John Travolta is married and had 3 kids.

Need I say more.

[Calvin Locke]

I suggest he move to Liberia, and do his penance there.

[Borges]

There’s no evidence whatsoever that he’s gay.

[4yearlurker]

Ben,Ben,Ben,.....now how can you sleep at nights. Ancestor slave guilt on top of white privilege guilt. Liberalism is pain!

[dfwgator]

stupidly liberal

That's redundant.

[Guenevere]

Who?.....John or Ben?

[Lee'sGhost]

Indeed... and I actually liked Jennifer Garner. So wrong.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

LOL! Just what I was going to say

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

We need to get the Obamaphone girl to protest in front of his mansion, and bring that crowd along as well.

"YO! WHERE IS MY REPERATION?"

[PallMal]

What did this doofus expect? That the account of his ancestors lives be similar to those “ancestry.com” commercials, where no one has had a relative who was a drunkard, thief, or ne’er-do-well?

[Sergio]

I’m just waiting for the day that someone debating Mr. Afleck responds with: “Oh yeah? Well at least my ancestors did’t own slaves.”

If you look far enough back, we all have kings and slaves in our past.

[onedoug]

So many of the founders of the US were evil in your book.

[liberalism is suicide]

Censor history when it becomes inconvenient...that’s libs for you.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Sorry Ben. But if your ancestors owned slaves, it means you are the equivalent of a slave-owner. How could you be so cruel, heartless, evil and backward in this day and age??? Its time for a boycott of his movies.