PBS Defends Decision to Omit Affleck's Slave-Owning Ancestor

Holy racism, Batman! Ben Affleck could be facing a reputation issue based on the behaviors of a family member who died long before he was born.

Before the Internet, if you wanted to troll someone’s past, you would have to feverishly sift through copies of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, gain a few dozen paper cuts, and hope you found a few nuggets of good information.

Now, however, one can easily start — and, depending on one’s level of influence — ensure circulation for any sort of story about any famous person.

Such is life the man that would be Batman.

Dr. Henry