BET is running a Roots Marathon today.

[grantcart]

Just started.

I met Alex Haley at an airport once.

His story is as interesting as the one he tells.

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. Every time ...

Roots is aired, I am taken back to my freshman year of high school, where I was one of 14 Black kids at a school of close to 1,000.

There was a fight every day that the show aired, as the white kids thought it cute to re-name each and every Black kid "Kunta" or "Chicken George."

[grantcart]

2. That didn't happen at my HS, there was a substantial AA population and they were an important part

of the championship football team.

I just remember how everything stopped for the show, which in itself was instructive.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. A thought/Question to ponder ...

Would the stoppage have been (as) instructive, had the AA population NOT been an important part of the championship football team?

{Not trying to sh!t-stir; but rather, draw attention to the fact that AA tend to only be seen or considered, when they/we are a part something, rather than, just being. (teaching moment?)}

[onpatrol98]

4. Fight Everyday...

I have to be careful of "when" I watch it.

You know...if you watch it on Sunday night, and then get up and go to work on Monday morning...things may not go well. That casual remark made by a coworker at the water cooler could get ugly.