“Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.”
Social media posts
in a post. Claim dated 31 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Over the course of 400 years, millions of Africans were taken from their homes and forced onto ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean, bound for Europe and the Americas for the purpose of enslavement. It is widely documented.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2023, 22 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/R5u6V
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