Ludwig Van Beethoven...the composer, the genius...the African??

Question

So a lot of people argue that Beethoven was of African heritage. Yet all the portraits of him show him as a white man. Although we know that portraits don't mean much, the same with paintings of Jesus Christ where he is usually portrayed as a white man but most likely he was of middle eastern desent....but anyways, to my question.

Does anyone have information confirming or denying that Beethoven was black, or of mixed ethnicity?

Answer 1

I'll be so happy when the day arrives when someone can ask a question relating to a prominent figures ethnicity and not have an entire race attacked. I hope God allows me to save you supremacists from h**l before you breathe your last breath, because it's starting to look like Sweden down there. Beethoven was mulatto, both black and white. Pray over your present anger that you're feeling right now. Where does it come from? Do you feel that capable greta people cannot be of a particular race? Do you feel your skin and origin make you superior to people when most black people you know personally do far better than you in a multitude of ways? Ask God why you have these illogical thoughts of supermacy when you're on a computer?