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Recently we posted a story sourced from the U.K. Daily Mail, regarding the claims of Rebecca Lanier and her family that she is indeed, 119, making her the oldest woman in the world despite the fact she wasn’t recognized by Guinness.

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A representative from Guinness has responded to those claims in an email to this reporter:

1. Guinness never said anything about “slave laws,” that was a British tabloid media concoction.

2. Birth registration was not complete in the USA until 1933, for both white and black persons. Walter Breuning, 114, has no birth certificate…but he was located in other records including the 1900 census.

3. Guinness World Records has recognized, for example, daughter of slaves Gertrude Baines based on the 1900 census, among other records.

4. Ms. Lanier has not been located in the 1900 or 1910 censuses, but the 1920 census lists her as “14″ and the 1930 census lists her as “24″. Thus, it appears that Ms. Lanier is 105 or 106. Unlike the 1900 census, which gives a month and year of birth, the 1920 and 1930 censuses do not give a month or year of birth, only an age.

5. There are white persons in Russia claiming to be as old as “130″, whether a claim is accepted depends on the status of the documents. In the below case, there is no original proof of birth, and the age of the oldest child (70) makes the case suspicious.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/coldt7/ coldt7

    A British tabloid media concoction azzhole,last time i checked British are whitefolks.So what do blacks have to do with that lie.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lisalisacultjam/ lisalisacultjam

    Blacks ALWAYS need a reason to be held down by the “white man”. And now the book that capitalized on the WORLDS FATTEST TWINS on mopeds has the power to make blacks foam at the mouth.

    You people have the thinnest skins, the weakest minds and the most fragile egos in the world.

    Poor little blacks get taken advantage of by the book of sideshow freaks?

    Ha ha! No wonder you people are so unhappy!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/naz_t_bro/ naz_t_bro

    When the lie is told, smart ones find the truth…..and you guessed it…….White people did find the truth. This old azz welfare recipient, is just backtracking, once the truth came out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackbizman2008/ blackbizman2008

    To NewsOne: Time for a “Report Abuse” link on comments.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Guisiness might be an AUTHORITY when it comes to STATISTICS, but at the SAME time they could be good at MISREPRESENTION of facts, too….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dnomyaRising/ dnomyaRising

    Let’s face it; caucasoids have been lying ever since Afrikans taught them how to talk. Remember, they use to just mumble their words when they lived in the caves in the caucasus [caucasian] mountains, until Afrikans civilized them. That baby talk shyt came from white niggaz, who did not know how to talk.

    These white niggaz are lying, as usual, to keep this Black wo-man from becoming to be the oldest wo-man on the planet.

    CRACKERS ARE THE MOST FILTHY LYING BEAST ON THE PLANET

    THEIR SKIN COLOR IS EVEN A LIE! THE COLOR ‘WHITE’ OR ‘PALE’ REPRESENT EVIL, WICKEDNESS, DESTRUCTION, IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, AND THE DEVIL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dnomyaRising/ dnomyaRising

    @nigga-liza: This is from the Center for Leaving White Niggaz Alone. ALL dis-eases came from the white nigga fe-male. She was having sex with her dog, then went and had sex with a white boy, and this is where gonorrhea, crabs, bedbugs, and other flea ridden dis-eases came from. Caucasoid fe-males are the nastiest bytches on the planet.

    YOU WILL CATCH ANYTHING FROM THESE ANIMALS! Leave them alone Black people. They carry ALL dis-eases! They ARE NOT HUEMAN.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lisalisacultjam/ lisalisacultjam

    dnyoma-buck:

    Not one rebuttal of the facts presents, just made up lies. That’s why it’s so fun to post. I put up fact after fact after fact about how sorry it is to be black and you just say the made-up BS below.

    And if you want to know why I post, it’s because you sit on this pro-black “news” site and roll around in how great it is to be black. This site is nothing but slanted stories to make you sad people feel better about yourselves.

    You NEED some reality in your lives. Maybe then you’d learn shame and change you ways because this is some sick and twisted lies your wallowing in.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Aceman52/ Aceman52

    Guinnes is still being racist! SMDH. Some of you really need to get off the victim hood train.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dnomyaRising/ dnomyaRising

    @nigga-liza: Facts? You don’t even know what ‘facts’ are, you sorry coon. You ignorant caucasoids must realize you live in a fantasy world. You are not real and the dreamland world you are living in; is coming to and end.

    You pale thangs are becoming extinct and this is why you are mating with Black males to keep your genetic fake race from becoming extinct. You caucasoids will mate with a dog; to keep your fake race from extinction. Remember, you love your animals, more than you love Black hue-mans. And your his-story books claim that you EVOLVED from apes, instead of being BIRTHED by Black parents.

    You people are sick and suffer from self hate for being pale and COLORLESS. You know that beautiful Black skin looks good! You know that Black is the color of god and energy. ALL energy comes from Black God. The un-color of ‘white’ rejects energy; when you reject energy you reject Black God. This is another reason you caucasoids worship the white devil [white boy].

    The Black Messiah kicked the white devil [white boy] out of the Kingdom [Ethiopia] and this is when your people fled to eu(rope) to escape from the Black Kings and Queens, who ruled you people. You are not jews; you are gentiles aka romans, who are murderers, rapist and usurpers of Afrikan people.

    You have no knowledge, only ignorance and stupidity that comes from your reptilian tongues. You know I speak truth; if you didn’t, you would not be coming back on this site to gain this knowledge and wisdom, about you caucasoids, who are the REAL devils that promote evil!

    Next lesson, little baboon is tomorrow!

    See Ya!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soultry-soul/ soultry-soul

    Did the Aryan’s / Skin Heads / Nazis make a pack to take over this site.

    This is funny…they went through the steps of creating a profile, some have infiltrated with profile pics.

    What a waste of time infiltrating, being fake in an attempt of posting uneducated thoughts.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nish83/ Nish83

    @dnomyaRising

    dont forget how the white seem to wrinkle right after birth. forget about when theyre 20 or past the 20s and 30s….whew! a hot mess! a hot wrinkle mess!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dnomyaRising/ dnomyaRising

    lol @ Nish83: You are right, those pale things wrinkle up like paper! I seen a caucasoid fe-male that was 30, that heffa looked like she was 60!!! That’s because they don’t have that godly ingredient called melanin.

    THE REAL REASON THEY HATE US!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/justcallmedaddy2014/ justcallmedaddy2014

    They should give that lady the respect she needs. All yall racist people need to chill its 2011 its only one race and thats the human race. I love whites, blacks, latino, asia, i don’t care what the race is I see everyone the same. People are so ignorant………… Grow up

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MisterUnderstood425/ MisterUnderstood425

    It’s interesting to see how some react to this particular story. Personally, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, granted, I don’t have the facts that pertain to her age. The simple fact of the matter is that no one but her knows her age and even then… it’s a matter of trusting one’s word. Don’t get me wrong… I’d be inclined to believe her simply because birth records of slaves and descendants of slaves are all but non-existent because of their classification as property and the fact that the constitutional amendments did not become instituted until much later. Regardless, on ot the actual case… the conclusion is that they do not have an accurate record of her birth and therefore cannot validate her age as she claims.

    @lisa – It’s funny that you claim that overall Black people are the most unhappy when statistically speaking, surveys have found that Blacks are the happiest among the U.S. society. As per Guinness and their ability to make some foam at the mouth… it’s only those that feel it’s necessary to defend themselves when attacked for one reason or another.

    @justcallmedaddy2014 – While I understand your sentiment and would like to see the world as such, it becomes even more difficult when both parties are not in agreement to see the world as such and therefore makes it just as you claimed, ignorant and immature.

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