Does It Matter That Many Politicians Today Descend From Slaveholders? ...Middle East

The New Republic - News
Does It Matter That Many Politicians Today Descend From Slaveholders?
Last month, Reuters published an investigation into how much of America’s political elite had ancestral ties to slaveholders. Its reporters found that “a fifth of the nation’s congressmen, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and governors are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people.” That includes more than a quarter of the U.S. Senate, two Supreme Court justices, and every living president except Donald Trump, whose German and Scottish ancestors emigrated to the United States after the Civil War.Reuters said its report “reveals how intimately tied America remains to the institution of slavery.” For obvious reasons, few of the investigation’s subjects cooperated with

Hence then, the article about does it matter that many politicians today descend from slaveholders was published today ( ) and is available on The New Republic ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.

Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Does It Matter That Many Politicians Today Descend From Slaveholders? )

Apple Storegoogle play

Last updated :

Also on site :



Latest News