Comments on: First Lady Michelle Obama’s Slave Roots

By: A. Darton

A. Darton — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:47:43 +0000

I thought the story came from the N.Y. Times, not the First Lady.And this makes the First Lady looks better, HOW? Why don’t you check it out and prove that it’s not true. Get FOX NEWS to help you. They are great at making up lies. Beck, Malkin, Hannity. You hate the Obamas, why the heck are you even reading anything about them? It’s a story that so many other Black-Americans can tell. Raping of the Black slave women went on and that is where alot of the mixing of the races started.

By: obamahater

obamahater — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:44:36 +0000

Who is to say that this is even true it would not be the first time that a liberal 1st lady had told a lie to make her self look better.

By: Royzo

Royzo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:41:52 +0000

It’s a CRITICAL CONTEXT for anyone talking about slavery to understand that there is probably not ONE PERSON ON EARTH who doesn’t have ancestors who were enslaved. African Americans are simply descended from more recent victims. Study the lives of people who were surfs during the feudal system and try to differentiate their lives from slaves. There are millions of humans enslaved on our planet right now.

Nothing I’ve said here is intended to justify slavery in any way. Only to say that we must be cautious about presuming victimhood unless we are enslaved ourselves or pretty close behind it.

By: Unitedwestan

Unitedwestan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:12:59 +0000

Slavery, is it really over? Oh that may be what you think. Well I beg to differ because until it is put in the History books throughly just like everyone else history in the UNITED states of AMERICA, then it will continue to be talked about. Yes blacks built this country with the sweat of their hands and any other part of their bodies that the master saw fit to pull and tug with. Im not saying that there was not any whites or Native Americans out their working. Perhaps we can say that they were “Indentured Servant” but not slaves. After their seven or more years that they chose to give themselves up as servants they were free to go by choice and not kept against their will. No I was not there but I do imagine that some of the former slave owners family still have list of their property or even slaves this day in time. Yes this country was supposed to be built on the Word of God, but what God because the one that I know says that everyone was equal so not only was the slaves uneducated so were the owners. The Bible says that you can not serve two masters, so this don’t even line up with the Word of God. I don’t know like many whites in this country can have the same amount of mixed blood running in their veins just like me. I believe until you know where you come from, you will not be able to advance…and just in case you think money solves problems it don’t it’s just that money. United we stand but wer’e not.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:37:56 +0000

The question isn’t ignoring the facts. The question is the voyeuristic way in which our history gets treated. it’s American history. The NY Times in thier most recent piece chose to sensationalize the fact that Mrs. Obama has a White ancestor. Big Whoop. Show of hands from the Black folks who’ve been here for several generations who don’t have a White or Native American ancestor.

By: A. Darton

A. Darton — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:30:59 +0000

Blacks can no more forget about slavery, then Jews can forget about the holocaust. Slavery is an ugly stain on the history of America and we can’t ignore that fact.

By: Peter Rudd

Peter Rudd — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:17:31 +0000

Enough about Obama and wife. We do not know his origin, and not sure of knowing the importance of her origin.

PS Rudd

By: bigten

bigten — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:50:18 +0000

As white we must fight against political correctness. Practice freedom of speech. Freedom of speech was not made for polite speech, it was made for offensive speech. That does not mean you can harass people. Speak whats on your mind, don’t hold back because your scared. Practice it or you will lose it.

By: solar

solar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:25:12 +0000

In my opinion-I think it should be looked at with a deep respect and as a badge of honor..It is part of our history ,and me being white,I am past the civil rights movement stuff, I am sure she is as well.However-It really is not appropriate for white people to bring this up in conversation-as the same as bringing up the veitnam war to one of the veit-vets,unless you are a war vet yourself which I am not either.I am proud of our first lady and am glad she is in the white house.And I am proud of the fact that she has a distant grandmother suck as this ,because when you look at your children it makes you realize that our decisions in this world have a lot of karma attached to them.

By: Stryker

Stryker — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:28:33 +0000

I do not have any problem with people exploring and being interested in their family’s history. Everyone’s family history is unique to them.

However, what I do have a problem with is people that do not understand the history of our nation. If you understand the history of the USA, the south was resource rich (cotton, etc.) and they had access to cheap labor. The cheap labor kept them from advancing. The Northeast on the other hand had little resources, thus they did not need cheap labor. They had to resort to other means to be economically viable. They had to develop industry such as steel production. Meanwhile, the South was living off cheap labor and not advancing. If the South had won and had not been forced to give up cheap labor, they would have not advanced and have developed.

So, just because people did wrong and took advantage of other people, doesn’t mean they necessarily benefited a great deal from it. The Northeast which did not have slave labor actually advanced further. The areas of the country that utlized slave labor were actually hurt by it. Slavery hurt America, it certainly is not what made us great or anything. america would have been better off if we had never had slaves, as evidenced by the progress in the north compared to the South where they had it.