Posted on 06/08/2016 10:42:24 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
I loved the original...even knowing that it was partly fiction. It seemed realistic and believable. It was also well made.
Everyone in the country watched the series at the time. I'm not so sure that this will have the same impact with the public.
I do thank you for that information, but I wasn't gonna, and I ain't gonna, watch this thing!
I am a retired high school teacher, and a substitute teacher now in a middle school. I can tell you that all students are being directed toward certain sites, including the History Chanel. This is a convergence of hardware and software, Apple & Bill Gates & Leftist software.
“ghost written by “the very white, and Jewish, Murray Fisher.””
I liked the movie also-—but not the false perceptions that it created. That Black weren’t slavers (and they were all saints) when they probably originated the universal institution. Slavery is an evil institution, but Hollywood wants to place the blame on America when we just inherited the institution and the first slave-owner in America, a Black man, sued in court to keep slaves and make slavery legal in America.
The fact that the “very white” guy was Jewish is important-—since this whole “slavery Marxist meme” is to destroy Christianity, (tear down America which was founded with Christian Ethics of Free Will and Individual Natural Rights from God only.
To destroy Western Civilization is important for NWO (total slavery of the masses/collectivization/socialism), since it is only the Christian Nation founded on true Christian concepts of Free Will and Individual Natural Rights from God only—not a king, lord/tribal king or whatever.
Worldview is everything and it is ONLY the Christian Worldview which rid the world of the idea that Slavery is Good. It is ONLY Christianity which never allows any human being to be used as a Means to an End. All other religions are socialistic systems of “group think” which has no Free Will or Individual natural rights from God-—just collective rights from the State/Man.
I never had any intention of watching this racist leftist farce. The “History” Channel needs to change its name.
I’ve been wondering about this new series. I personally, will never watch it but, I’m curious to know what the ratings are for it. Would anyone here know where I could obtain that information? Thanks in advance.
bfl
Huh? the universal institution was developed by various cultures when they moved from hunter-gather lifestyles to agricultural or animal husbandry lifestyles, but blacks were not the first to do so -- the first were probably Semitic Akkadians or Amorites.
This and McConaheys new film can both go into Ari Gold’s trash quick
When will enough south bashing and black victim crap be enough?
Never
Do a film on black hatred and murder and rape of white the last half century
An incubating genocide with numbers that dwarf the vice versa and not a peep from lalalaland
I watched the original with a friend and neighbor. He decided to trace his roots. He was disappointed to find his family were immigrants, not slaves.
How does the name “The Propaganda Channel” sound? I think it would work especially since in the bottom right corner their on-the-screen-all-the-time logo would be :
PC
Millions watched the original Roots in the 70’s and it did what it was intended to do, make whites feel guilty about slavery. Haley sold the book as his family history and was lauded as one of the best writers of his day. Then like most black accomplishments, it turned out to be a fraud. When I heard about the remake I knew it was intended to further demonize whites and appeal to the BLM crowd of white haters so I refused to watch. Sounds like the correct decision. Another shot fired in the war on whites.
I disagree. That's a bit unfair. Whether fictional or not, the 1977 version of Roots, IMHO, was a quality piece of creative television, including winning a Golden Globe award for Best Dramatic Series.
I was probably around 12 at the time it aired. It was very popular with both Whites and Blacks, and I don't recall feeling guilty at all. The 1977 Roots was a somewhat cathartic experience which the entire nation seemed to collectively share.
Unlike this new abomination, which by most objective accounts is hysterically heavy-handed and extremely over-the-top, the original series was much more balanced, with excellent casting, realistic writing, and redeeming characters from all represented races.
Then like most black accomplishments, it turned out to be a fraud.
That's a rather broad and inaccurate brush you're painting with, IMHO. Whether the story itself was purely fictional or not, the portrayal of slavery as a historical reality seemed accurate enough.
When I heard about the remake I knew it was intended to further demonize whites and appeal to the BLM crowd of white haters so I refused to watch.
There's absolutely no doubt about that. The new production seems intentionally divisive.
But back in 1977, when political correctness was not yet ascendant, the production had a much more unifying feel to it.
The original Roots is a classic piece of television, IMHO. Heck, it even had OJ Simpson!
Vote Trump!
Is a lot of melodramatic hog wash... throw away the history book and make it up the way you want.
I wonder what it’s like to live in a dream world where you just put it in your head and call it true
The sad part is that there is a market out there for a good miniseries about slavery and that focuses on slaves during the Antebellum period. But we will never get one because Roots has crowded them out.
***I’m not so sure that this will have the same impact with the public. ***
There was a minor riot in Hot Springs Ar after the original aired years ago.
***the Muslim role in the slave trade? ****
Ever wonder why there are so few black descendants from slaves in the Middle East? It is because the Arabs whacked off certain very important parts of their male slave captives.
***Heck, it even had OJ Simpson!***
And he got to RUN! and put Kunta K in a headlock!
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