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It's certainly a point, but I don't think "the US presidents are white guys" is going to win any awards for research or journalism. Even Obama, famously the fi

It's certainly a point, but I don't think "the US presidents are white guys" is going to win any awards for research or journalism. Even Obama, famously the first black president, has a family history of white guys.

Retric 2y ago
Today most white people are descends of that guy, but go back to 1732 when George Washington was born and you’re looking at a much tighter family tree.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
  It's true, but knowing that Washington's great grandparents were English certainly cuts that down a fair bit.
  - aidenn0 2y ago
    Washington probably thought of himself as English, for that matter.
  - Retric 2y ago
    England already had 8 million people at the time, so were are still talking class within England not just anyone from England.
netsharc 2y ago
It's a short history, considering Obama's mother is white. Or if you're only counting guys, his maternal grandfather is white.