Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: "That is highly recommended, provided it's theater: BDSM. :->"
Me:
I bet Strom Thurmond's forebears were absolutely kinky dudes, then, Yoshie, "theatrically"! Mmmm, like Jean Paulhan wrote in his intro to _Story of O_, and like Trent Reznor sang on NIN's _Broken_ EP's "Happiness in slavery!" Yes! -B.
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Sharpton, Thurmond linked by slavery
Sun Feb 25, 3:25 PM ET
Prominent black activist Al Sharpton has learned he is descended from a slave who was owned by ancestors of the one-time segregationist U.S. senator, the late Strom Thurmond, the Daily News reported on Sunday.
The series of revelations came to light after the newspaper offered Sharpton a chance to delve into his family history with the help of genealogy experts from Ancestry.com.
Sharpton learned of the connection this week, and told the News that "nothing -- nothing -- could prepare me for this."
According to the genealogists' research, Sharpton's great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton, was a slave in South Carolina, who along with a woman and two children -- believed to be his wife and children -- were given as a gift to Julia Thurmond and forced to move to Florida.
Julia Thurmond's grandfather was the great-great-grandfather of Strom Thurmond, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 1948 on a program of keeping the races in the Deep South segregated.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070225/pl_nm/usa_slavery_sharpton_dc