I’m guessing there’s a karmic link in there somewhere, too:
In a revelation that will stun the nation, the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of America’s most powerful black leaders, has unearthed a shattering family secret - his ancestors were slaves owned by relatives of the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond.
It is an ironic twist of fate that inexorably links one of the most vocal civil rights activists and an icon of Deep South segregation.
A team of some of the country’s most trusted genealogists spent two weeks examining Sharpton’s family background.
Sharpton learned the results of their work this week. Today, in the first part of a Daily News series, Sharpton talks about the emotional shock of learning how his family was so closely linked to a man who embodied everything he despises.
The Rev. Al Sharpton sat silently in the sanctity of his Manhattan radio studio as his family’s roots were laid bare before him.
Wow…
I don’t find this super-surprising, for some reason.
I’m with alphabitch.
This suggests that demagoguery is hereditary.