Does this mean that he pays reparations to himself?
Kunta Kinte is descended from confederate rednecks? Bwa! ha! ha! ha!
And I’m descended from Attila the Hun. Get over it.
Theres a point in all these types of articles where these people pontificate about how could x do this /I wonder about the power dynamic etc etc BS
Levar, they could do the same type of taking alens to you from their timeframe and be extremely critical of you for what was considered immoral and improper and not done in polite society as well.
Do not think someone else won’t hyper critically evaluate your life Levar and find it quite wanting by whatever standards of the day are in place, then.
Kunte Karl Kinte...
Pedigree research yields some interesting and sometimes distressing discoveries.
I am descended from three Great-Great Gramdfathers who served the Union during the Civil War. No Confederates.
I am descended from several ancestors who served in the militia (some as Officers) during the Revolution but also from one who conspired to destroy colonial’s munition supplies under the promise of high commissions in the British army.
And even farther back...one of millions of descendants of the infamous King MacBeth of Scotland.
A little cream in the coffee as the saying used to go.
Something like 75-80% of black Americans of slave descent have at least some white blood. It’s quite common.
who gives a damn about a “Levar”?
RE: ‘There’s some conflict roiling inside of me’
But could be from a bad burrito he bought at a questionable outdoor food cart. 🌯
Oh the shame!
I had ancestors on both sides of the war, one who died as a prisoner of war. Another was with Joe Johnston’s army when it surrendered.
Well somebody should show some solidarity with that boy and send him a CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG through the mail.
He should show some PRIDE in his ancestry!
I did the DNA thing and found that my grandfather sowed some wild oats over the years and I have a bunch of cousins I didn’t know about.
What were you expecting Levar?
All my ancestors were sinners. I presume my descendants will be also. There is no such thing as a pure family tree. Even Jesus was a descendant of King David and Moses, who both sinned.
Face it, Levar, the purity you yearn for is only found in God. The rest of us fall short and stand in need of redemption.
Instead of Roots, he just has roots.
He owes reparations!
No mercy!
We are all, every one of us, descended from people we would cross the street to avoid, from slaves and slave holders, from criminals and saints. One might better pay concern for ones descendants rather than ones ancestors. Only one of those can you do anything about.
the identity game came be pretty trying at times
Hey LeVar, just try to be a good man and forget about your
family’s past. Let others do the same.
We’re Americans. Lets pull together for a decent nation
to live in.