So let him cut a check to himself for reparations and be done with it.

Hmmmm....go back 20 generations and every living person has 1,000,000 ancestors. I'm pretty sure at least one of EVERYONE's ancestors owned a slave at some point. Historically, it's been pretty popular with the ruling classes.

keiverarrow: Hmmmm....go back 20 generations and every living person has 1,000,000 ancestors. I'm pretty sure at least one of EVERYONE's ancestors owned a slave at some point. Historically, it's been pretty popular with the ruling classes.

This. And not just whites. Even Africans and Asians have owned slaves. Some still do today.

Irrelevant finding is irrelevant.

Why did I read the headline as "gynecologists"??

omg omg omg, Obama's a self-racist!

Check out where his daddy came from. I'll bet HIS ancestors owned slaves, as well.

Well that's it. I'm not voting for him.

In other news, apparently Obama is related to George Washington (Overall).

In all seriousness, that is a pretty poignant fact and shows how far this country has come. And this isn't some random, distant genetic link, it looks like a direct-line ancestor of his mother (great-great-great-great grandfather).

Edsel: In all seriousness, that is a pretty poignant fact and shows how far this country has come. And this isn't some random, distant genetic link, it looks like a direct-line ancestor of his mother (great-great-great-great grandfather).

Maybe in some way, but there aren't too many people in America whose ancestors DIDN'T own slaves. There's really not much that can be made of this.

i'd wager, without checking, that i have ancestors that owned slaves at some point in the course of human history.

Edsel: And this isn't some random, distant genetic link, it looks like a direct-line ancestor of his mother (great-great-great-great grandfather).

i think he should track down the descendants of their slaves and go apologize. just cause that would be hilarious.

Well, since we're all descended from Adam and Eve, we're all guilty of incestuous relationships, too.

He should take his wallet out of his right pocket and put it in his left. That way he could pretend he paid himself reparations.

Revealed by genealogists: Maternal ancestors of Barack Obama once owned slaves

...and that is why we have to elect Barack Obama as our president!

keiverarrow: Hmmmm....go back 20 generations and every living person has 1,000,000 ancestors. I'm pretty sure at least one of EVERYONE's ancestors owned a slave at some point. Historically, it's been pretty popular with the ruling classes.

We all owe reparations to ourselves.

/hey look, a quarter in that old jacket!
//I guess I'm good

I'm sure McCain's family history would never reveal such a thing.

And in November, Barack is gonna own a white man.

Yeah, and I'm related to Jefferson Davis. Doesn't mean anything though.

/Yes, that Jefferson Davis.
//Lee was cooler.

Fluff Girl: And in November, Barack is gonna own a white man.

I found this quite amusing!

Fluff Girl: And in November, Barack is gonna own a white man.

And Fluffy wins the thread.

keiverarrow: Hmmmm....go back 20 generations and every living person has 1,000,000 ancestors. I'm pretty sure at least one of EVERYONE's ancestors owned a slave at some point. Historically, it's been pretty popular with the ruling classes.

Go back even further and everyone has a black ancestor.

Good job greenlighting a year old story.

Ya know, if we looked far enough back in our genealogy we would be related to everyone. But only relationships once removed, or no later then great great grandparents should matter.

Great my ancestors used to cut the hearts out of humans and feed it to their stone gods. I guess I should get into human sacrifices.

burndtdan: i think he should track down the descendants of their slaves and go apologize. just cause that would be hilarious.

What if his ancestors owned his other ancestors? That would be like an episode of Battlestar Crylactica.

/dramatic drum music, shaky camera
/oh, right, the Obamessiah's family is from Kenya or something

You can tell the Obama's like a little Plantation Owner/Slave Girl role play now and then.

Goes to point out his American heritage. Not one of my great-grandparents were born in this country (one grandma was born in Scotland, my other great-grandparents were all immigrants from eastern Slavic Europe). No ancestry in the US until about 100 years ago. Yet Obama's got antebellum Southern ancestors, and most of Michelle's ancestors were surely in the country at the Revolution. But, sadly, so many people would call me "a real American" and question the Obama's.

Every white person is a descendant of Charlemagne, too. And most American "blacks" have white ancestors.

I don't know what my point was.

Being Dutch/Scottish, there is a fair chance that one of my ancestors owned slaves. In ancient Mesopotamia.

Many American slaves had ancestors that owned slaves. Their fathers.

nekom: Maybe in some way, but there aren't too many people in America whose ancestors DIDN'T own slaves.

Direct line ancestors? Surely you jest.

Unless you mean to go way back beyond the founding of America, and are discussing all time. There, I'll give you the win.

/contrary to what some think, most people in America a few centuries ago didn't actually own slaves

I can't believe you support a candidate who entertains the idea of negotiating reparations. Pathetic!

HagarTheHorrible: So let him cut a check to himself for reparations and be done with it.

Since his father's side is actually from Africa and were never slaves here in America, I don't think he qualifies.

Brettster808: I'm sure McCain's family history would never reveal such a thing.

He's Panamanian, silly!
His real name is Juan!

/Panamaniac?

WOW that's an old article.

b-b-b-but Arnold Schwarzenegger's father....
b-b-b-but Bush's grandfather.....

It's only important if it's a Republican.

Barack Obama doesn't care about black people.

/lolwut?

Don't mom's typically keep their kids on a short leash?
/What?

keiverarrow: Hmmmm....go back 20 generations and every living person has 1,000,000 ancestors. I'm pretty sure at least one of EVERYONE's ancestors owned a slave at some point. Historically, it's been pretty popular with the ruling classes.

Go past America's history and you will find many Africans and Middle Easterners owning slave. Essentially everyone one of us has ancestors who were slavers and who were enslaved. That is why this whole reparation argument is ridiculous. Where do you stop? I still want an apology from North Africa for invading my people.

/not really. I'm not a liberal.

The Beacon Man: Since slavery is still practiced in Kenya, Barack Hussein Obama no doubt has living relatives who own human property.

Like racism, slavery only matters if it's White people who do it.

/Because all of you Whiteys are guilty!
/I meant to say "Why'd he"!
/Not a Why'd he

JQPublic: b-b-b-but Arnold Schwarzenegger's father....
b-b-b-but Bush's grandfather.....

It's only important if it's a Republican.

So Obama's father or grandfather owned slaves? Hmmmm, interesting.

It's okay as they were all non-muslim infidels so enslavement is proper and good and shows great mercy as they werre free to slaughter them.

Slaveowner? That sound you heard was Obama losing his die-hard Seattle voting base...
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bartink: JQPublic: b-b-b-but Arnold Schwarzenegger's father....
b-b-b-but Bush's grandfather.....

It's only important if it's a Republican.

So Obama's father or grandfather owned slaves? Hmmmm, interesting.

Way to




Try pulling your head out of your ass

keiverarrow
Hmmmm....go back 20 generations and every living person has 1,000,000 ancestors. I'm pretty sure at least one of EVERYONE's ancestors owned a slave at some point. Historically, it's been pretty popular with the ruling classes.

/thread
//and in the second post, too

Tacoby Bellisbury: bartink: JQPublic: b-b-b-but Arnold Schwarzenegger's father....
b-b-b-but Bush's grandfather.....

It's only important if it's a Republican.

So Obama's father or grandfather owned slaves? Hmmmm, interesting.

Way to
Try pulling your head out of your ass

Try understanding my point. Perhaps college would be helpful...or high school?

LOL!!! Who the hell names a child Barack? Imagine the hospital room and a little boy squeezes out. WE'LL NAME HIM BARACK

A white family in America once owned slaves. Since when was this news?