[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"][QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="MotherSuperior"]He's someone who never shuts up. He's someone who thinks he was directly affected by slavery and therefore knows all about it. He's a bigot.Teh_LawWell, since his what, grandfather was a slave, I'd say he's somewhat affected by slavery in a direct way. I wouldn't call him a bigot, I'd call him a dude searching for equality of ethnicity in a way that isn't accepted with open arms.. It was his great-grandfather who was a slave, and since he did not even know of the guy until February of this year he was not directly affected at all by this. He grew up poor in the 60's and 70's, big deal. End of story. i'm pretty sure he knew his great-grandpa was a slave, he just didnt know to whom until februrary No. Genealogists discovered that Sharpton's great-grandfather was a slave. Sharpton was "shocked" by the new discovery. It was all over the news for a few days because he doesn't know how to shut up about it.
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In fact, I probably have ancestors that were slaves and ancestors that have owned slaves. A lot of us do...
The point is that no one in our time has personally experienced slavery so you should not make people feel like they owe you for enslaving their great-great-grandfather.
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