I’ve never read the book but when I was young the miniseries came out and I watched it. From that point forward I always doubted what my family said about black folk. Somehow they watched it and came out as racist and bigoted as ever. I rewatched it and caught shit for doing so. To ban it is to know it really happened and to want to hide the truth.
I remember watching “Roots” in school, in 8th grade as part of our teacher’s material for the year. We did reports about it. Levar Burton acted his ass off for that film. Same teacher had us watch “Beloved” too. I grew up in a very rural area too.
I’ve never read the book but when I was young the miniseries came out and I watched it. From that point forward I always doubted what my family said about black folk. Somehow they watched it and came out as racist and bigoted as ever. I rewatched it and caught shit for doing so. To ban it is to know it really happened and to want to hide the truth.
I remember watching “Roots” in school, in 8th grade as part of our teacher’s material for the year. We did reports about it. Levar Burton acted his ass off for that film. Same teacher had us watch “Beloved” too. I grew up in a very rural area too.