Beto O'Rourke reveals that both he and
his wife Amy are descendants of slave
owners, and insists his calls for
reparations for African-Americans
are now 'much more personal'
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/15/2019 12:14:09 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said he was recently given documents showing that both he and his wife are descendants of people who owned slaves. In a post Sunday night for the website Medium, the former Texas congressman wrote that the documents showed that one of his paternal great-great-great grandfathers owned two women, named Rose and Eliza, in the 1850s. He said records also showed that one ancestor of his wife, Amy, owned slaves while another was part of the Confederate Army.(Staff) 'For example, there is 10 times the wealth in white America than there is in black America.
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Will Beto give away the fortune he married into, as testament to his commitment to healing and reparations?