- Aug 28, 2015
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Yes, to many slave movies. I tend to believe these movies that show Blacks as slaves, submissive to white race, are intended to be entertainment for whites. Somehow Blacks got the notion these movies were a narrative of our struggle, or something like that, for our entertainment.
I never watched Roots and did not expose my son to these type of slave movies.
I can see whites watching these movies, celebrating their power, while telling their children this is THEIR history. Teaching their children that they are the superior race.
I would not expose my child to a movie showing whites as superior when he has to go to school the next day with white kids who watched the same movie.
Never understood all the excitement over Roots. I watched long enough to know I did'nt want to watch. About 30 min. I know our history.
All the hype about Roots lead to more and more slave movies.
Our children need an education about the truth of our entire history that they won't get from public school. But, they won't get it from Hollywood either. At the time, when we weren't flooded with slave movies, I thought it was a testament to the courage of our ancestors. But, now I know that there is so much more that could have been told on that note, and that white folks get sick thrills from slave movies.
Recently, I read that "Roots" was a scam. Alex Haley didn't even write it. It was written by a white man. Go figure.