Is Roots really that controversial that it needs to be banned? Haven't watched the movie cause I quit pot and haven't read the book but isn't it like historical or something?

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  haven’t watched the movie because I quit pot

  Uh, pardon?

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  • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I would also like to know what this means.

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    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think they are abstaining from cannabis but not sure how that’s relevant

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  • etherphon@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, bad move xD

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  How does quitting pot relate to seeing a movie? 🤨

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Oh there was a couple scenes in some movie don’t know if it is a trope or whatever, that when they are done with their crime stuff, they are going to go home smoke a J and watch roots for three hours.

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    • Greg@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      This answer just raises more question 🤔

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    • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Can you name more than one movie where they do this? I’m curious.

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• VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Less controversial, more “reminds the US of a time it would like to forget.”

  This is an aside, but what does quitting pot have to do with you not watching the movie?

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• RegularJoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “Roots” was among the first widely read works of fiction to offer a detailed account of the Middle Passage, the horrific transatlantic journey to America endured by enslaved Africans between the 16th and 19th centuries.

  “Prior to its release, the impact of slavery was easy to diminish or deny by those that benefited the most from that system,” said Annastasia Williams, bookshop director at The Bottom bookstore and cultural organization.

  www.knoxnews.com/story/news/…/90080042007/

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Not sure what quitting pot has to do with not watching roots, but no, it isn’t that controversial a series/movie/book

  It is, however, highly symbolic to go after it. It’s basically a declaration that things are changing, and this time they’re going after the black people openly.

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• turtlesareneat@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  We were shown Roots in high school, and given a stern brow-beating as if we had personally overseen the slave trade (all-white high school/community). Then they told us to act like racism was solved for everyone’s good. It was… all fairly confusing.

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  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    We saw it in high school but. That was like it. We saw it, took a test. I don’t remember any brow beating. The takeaway I had was “wow they did not spend any time on future generations”.

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  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They couldn’t have you thinking ALL racism was bad.

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