Posted on 01/18/2024 8:42:01 PM PST by Mafe
LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage in “Finding Your Roots” and discovered something about his ancestors that shocked him.
The former “Reading Rainbow” host, freedom-to-read advocate and actor knew little about his lineage. He’d been estranged from his father, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, since he was 11, and his mother, Erma Gene Christian, had been tight-lipped about her own history. Burton said it was “impossible” to get her to open-up about her upbringing.
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My mother descended from poor share croppers in Arkansas. Again, fairly common.
Basically, at most only 25% of southerner whites ever owned slaves: https://eh.net/encyclopedia/slavery-in-the-united-states/. Of course, if you include the northern population, the percentage of slave owning whites is much lower.
It just ain’t fittin’...
That is a good question for the current Pharoh of Egypt.
Why would this bother him? The war was 160 years ago…and he wasn’t there.
Same. I have 3 or 4 that did so.
Two distant relatives died during that war. One relative was a drummer in an Ohio regiment.
I also have relatives that participated in the Underground Railroad back then.
Where’s my reparations?
He’s too full of hate.
Well, I’ve never been to Spain.................
Descended from French Huguenots … been thrown out of better parties.
Just dont blame being a homo on the honky part of you.
Did your granny x6 bang any of her slaves?
This reminds me that Michelle Obama’s ancestors owned slaves and none of mine ever did.
I think her and Levar need to pay for the sins of their fathers.
Puts a whole new look on life... One of those be careful what you wish for.
“Well, I’ve never been to Spain.................”
But I kinda like their music.
Eh ???
Hey LeVar Burton isn’t it funny how your ancestor was so sure he had the moral high ground only to be proven so wrong. It might remind you of someone close to you.
Yup—that is why we should demand DNA tests for anyone claiming affirmative action.
If they have any of that evil oppressor white blood in at least four generations they should be disqualified.
The leftists need to learn how to do racism properly.
At this point, unlike the past, the descendants of slaves should be THANKING their ancestors for the sacrifice of enduring their enslavement by other AFRICANS and being a CITIZEN of the USA in 2024.
You hit the jackpot. You are not oppressed. You have opportunity. You have a standard of living greater than almost all that have ever lived, anywhere.
Yet you’ve been convinced I OWE YOU SOMETING...even though I’m an immigrant and naturalized citizen too.
It seems to me, today’s blacks are the very definition of “privilege that doesn’t know it”...aka ‘spoiled’.
I’ve got ancestors on both Union and Confederate side. One had slaves and when his son went off to school he came back an abolitionist and his father disowned him. Some war heroes, some Scottish castle dwellers and English high sheriffs, one traced back to the Mayflower. Etc. I love history and researching family trees.
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