“My father was a slave, just to a white man and he was white,” Kentucky Rep Jennifer Decker said when someone in the crowd asked about her family’s role in the slave trade.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutA Kentucky state representative has sparked outrage and ridicule after trying to rewrite the past during Black History Month by saying that her father—a white man born in the 1930s—was a slave.Rep. Jennifer Decker attempted to redefine the meaning of American chattel slavery while claiming that diversity and equity programs are unnecessary because her father was able to rise up from his alleged humble beginnings.On Feb. 1, Decker, a 68-year-old white