First Black First Lady, descendant of slaves.... (Kentucky, New York, minorities)

[silas777]

Glory glory Halleluia!! Just when you thought they could not be anymore saintly, we find out the little Mrs' roots lead to the slaves and here she is in the White House !NYT: First lady’s slave roots revealed - The New York Times- msnbc.com So what? What is the significance of it?

[kentuckydad95]

What's your point?

[parfleche]

heck im Italian and the decendant of slaves. my sister looked it up.

[ergohead]

WOW! I never would have guessed!

[Austin13]

Originally Posted by silas777

Glory glory Halleluia!! Just when you thought they could not be anymore saintly, we find out the little Mrs' roots lead to the slaves and here she is in the White House !NYT: First lady’s slave roots revealed - The New York Times- msnbc.com So what? What is the significance of it?

If you have to ask, there is absolutely no chance in the world that you would ever understand.

[anthonymd]

It's not impressive that in just 150 years the African American race has gone from enslavement to having a member in the white house? Trust me, I'm one of those people who detests affirmative action had preferential treatment for minorities, but I don't think we should be colorblind. We should recognize our differences and similarities alike and celebrate them in a positive way

[silas777]

Originally Posted by anthonymd

It's not impressive that in just 150 years the African American race has gone from enslavement to having a member in the white house? Trust me, I'm one of those people who detests affirmative action had preferential treatment for minorities, but I don't think we should be colorblind. We should recognize our differences and similarities alike and celebrate them in a positive way

hhhhmmmmm............

[silas777]

Originally Posted by kentuckydad95

What's your point?

my point is, what is the point? does this make the first black first lady even more special?

[sickofnyc]

Originally Posted by silas777

hhhhmmmmm............

You might also want to consider the fact that they utilized the slaves to build the White House. Don't you think that this part of our country's history and the fact that we now have the first black First Lady is somewhat significant?

[silas777]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

You might also want to consider the fact that they utilized the slaves to build the White House. Don't you think that this part of our country's history and the fact that we now have the first black First Lady is somewhat significant?

so are you saying, the first black first lady can say, yep my family built this house?