# Questions Regarding African-American and Stereotypes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-african-american-and-stereotypes/7036 "2000-01-23T15:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-african-american-and-stereotypes/7036/61 "2002-12-14T19:32:36Z")
writefetus, you’re thinking of the Melungeons. Elvis Presley’s name has nothing to do with the Melungeons and it has nothing to do with Portugal. (Where do you get the idea that Elvis had Portuguese ancestry?) “Elvis” is apparently a Celtic name. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-african-american-and-stereotypes/7036/62 "2002-12-15T00:56:52Z")
**Wendell**. Don’t leave a light on waiting for an answer from **writefetus**. He/she posted last about a year and a half ago. I got sucked into reading this thread, and realized at the very end that it was a bit old. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-african-american-and-stereotypes/7036/63 "2002-12-15T01:43:10Z")
Makes me wanna check all the threads I thought I had killed to see if anyone posted a belated response during one of my SD dry spells. How the heck did this manage to stay in GQ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-african-american-and-stereotypes/7036.md?page=3)