" Slavery: “Part of Our Tortured, Tangled History."
No Obama ancestors lived under North American slavery. His father was the first of his ancestors to leave Africa. That was nearly 100 years after slavery was abolished. However, 1850 and 1860 census records show several of Mr. Obama's maternal ancestors owned slaves.
During a 2007 speech in Selma, AL Obama referred to his mother’s slave-owning ancestors, saying: "That's no surprise. That's part of our tortured, tangled history." "
http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/obama_ancestry_part_of_the_great_melting_potWhere does that leave Afirmmative action ?