A new study has found that a fifth of US congressmen, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and governors are direct descendants of people who enslaved the Black people.
A Reuters examination determined that at least 100 members of the last sitting Congress are direct descendants of people who enslaved the Black people, representing at least 8% of Democrats in Congress and 28% of Republicans.
The group includes Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and James Lankford, and Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan.
In addition, President Joe Biden and every living former US president except Donald Trump are direct descendants of slaveholders: Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and – through his white mother’s side – Barack Obama.
Reuters found governors of 11 of the 50 US states in 2022 were descendants of slaveholders, as were two US Supreme Court justices.....more below
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