admitting he pressured the pbs show finding your roots to omit news about one of his ancestors who held more than two dozen people inry. on facebook he wrote we deserve neither credit nor blame for an ses tors and the degree of interest suggests we are grappling with the terrible legacy of slavery. it is an exam first nation worth continuing. i m glad my story, however indirectly will contribute to the discussion. i don t like that the guy is an ancestor, but i m happy that aspect of history is being talked about. here to talk about it ses yat professor of english and africana studies. also thomas seg are ru professor of history and sociology from the university of pennsylvania and raul reyes, attorney and contributor for msnbc.com. i made the claim at the end of the last segment that the political economic social life