'The View' star Sunny Hostin 'in shock' after finding out that her family owned slaves on a new episode of 'Finding Your Roots.'
Hostin also found out that she's only 7 percent indigenous Puerto Rican in the episode: "I didn’t think my family was originally from Spain and slaveholders."Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault .
"Wow, I’m a little bit in shock. I just always thought of myself as Puerto Rican, half Puerto Rican, I didn’t think my family was originally from Spain and slaveholders,” a stunned Hostin told Gates, Jr., before finding a positive in the fact that her spouse, Manny, also comes from a Spanish bloodline. “I think it’s actually pretty interesting that my husband and I have shared roots, so I do appreciate that, and I think it’s great for our children to know this information.
Hostin went on to say that her "mother certainly identifies as Puerto Rican and non-white," and that she "hates this for her" mom as a result.Elsewhere, Hostin became emotional on the episode when it was revealed that, on her father's side, which descended from Africa, her third great-grandfather, Dean Harris, was born into slavery in 1835 — and, sometime after his emancipation, registered to vote in 1867.
Hostin cried as she reflected on the impact of his decision, when it was further noted that he voted in nine elections through his later lifetime, even despite "intimidation and domestic terrorism" in his home region, Hostin said.hosts clash in tense discussion on race: 'You can't dismiss my lived experience'star Ice-T can’t believe Benson and Stabler ‘haven’t hooked up yet’