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April 22, 2015

Affleck Apologizes for Bid to Conceal Slave-Owning Ancestor 
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Actor Ben Affleck has apologized after hacked Sony emails published by
Wiki Leaks showed he asked that the revelation he had a slave-owning
ancestor be omitted from the PBS documentary "Finding Your Roots." In a
post on social media, Affleck said he regretted the request, but had
been "embarrassed" by his link to a slave owner.

 

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