Birth Name:
Elvis Aaron Presley
Birth Place:
Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
Ethnicity:
German, Scottish, French, Scots-Irish and Cherokee Indian
The Legendary rock n roll singer’s ancestry has been researched by many. A researcher on Elvis’s ancestry discovered that the Presley name originated from Scotland when a man named Andrew Presley moved to America in the 1700s. In addition to this, German, French, (on his mothers side) and Cherokee also make up his heritage.
His great-great-great grandmother was said to be a full blooded Cherokee. A site listed below states that his maternal great grandmother was said to be a Jewish woman.
Source:
- http://www.wolflodge.org/visibiliti/metis/theking.htm
- http://www.elvispresleynews.com/ScottishElvis.html
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To Gandhi…If you into heavy readings…by that I mean journals…not wikipedia or some silly website you found on the net, I mean real academic work that will actaually give you the right information…please visit this site http://www.jstor.org/stable/161593?cookieSet=1 …we have one of the busiest places in Johannesburg…the biggest city in Africa named after Gandhi…do you think we would name a place after a man who was racist… black people in South Africa wiould protest like nobody’s business…they are the majority…so the name would have to be changed…actually after Apartheid in South Africa…thats racial segregation…most places in south Africa that were named by the apartheid regime were renamed…and new names were given to them…most were given names of liberation fighters such as Nelson Mandela…Gandhi being one of them. if you cant access that site plz invest on this book: The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 643-660
Published by: Cambridge University Press
written by: Brian M. du Toit
Then AFTER you have read it…we can talk! when you actually know what you talking about. I mean that in the nicest possible way
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To Gandhi
Well that’s something I didn’t know
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To Tshegofatso,
Actually Gandhi didn’t like black people.
“Gandhi’s early struggle in south Africa was predicated on the idea that Europeans should treat Indians better than they did because the Indians were better than Blacks.”
Just Google Gandhi black people. There’s a ton of quotes on how racist Gandhi was towards blacks.
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Meant to say until you do, you can’t call them anything
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To the truth
I see you mention George Washington,if he was so great,why didn’t he free his slaves?It’s also rumored that he had a bi-racial child which he left enslaved.So how is this a great man?Also as far as the rumor,it’s most likely true,seeing how they loved to jump in bed with their property.Also as far as (Malcolm X and Huey P. Newton)they both had reasons to hate white people.You didn’t go through what they did,so into you do, you can’t call them anything.
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To: thetruth…I really wonder where you got your list from? Gosh u stupid…It’s very annoying…do u even know anything about Ghandi? Well I do because I am South African and Ghandi is part of our history. Ghandi spent a long time in South Africa fighting for the right of all human beings…black, white, indian, chinese, purple or green…whatever u can imagine…to be treated equally…how the hell is that racist? why is that some white people with some serious issues like to accuse anybody who opposed white supremacy and idolised the idea of a society in which all people are treated the same…black, white or green of being racist? Racist is your white ancestors who treated black people like animals not Ghandi or Martin Luther king. Judging from ur list its clear that you are the racist one…u need help!
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To the truth
Well I do agree Elvis was not racist
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Oh and i forgot one more for the racist list:
GEORGE LOPEZ THE MOST HATEFUL MAN WHO SHUNS ANYTHING THAT ISN’T LATINO OR BLACK SORRY EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN HATE-FILLED AND PART OF THE PROBLEM!!
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Elvis was NOT RACIST! You want a list of racist people i’ll give you a list of ACTUAL racist people:
Kanye West
Malcolm X
Huey P. Newton
Jamie Foxxx
John Wayne
Hitler
MOST OF YOU WHITE-HATING BASTARDS!
people to hold in esteem:
Ghandi
Mother Thereasa
Pope John Paul the Second
Martin Luther King WHO ACTUALLY WANTED UNITY!
Charles Darwin
George Washington
The Dalai Lama
Indira Ghandi
Sammy Davis Junior WHO DIDN’T LET THE FACT THAT THE WOMAN HE WAS IN LOVE WITH WAS WHITE GET IN THE WAY YOU RACIST PATHETIC HATE-MONGERS!
YOU ARE THE RACIST ONES AND YOU PREVENT RACIAL HARMONY AND UNITY!
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MY fault she died,not turned him down
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