Book TV: Henry Louis Gates "In Search of Our Roots"

The author discuses his two new books on race: a comprehesive perspective on Lincoln's attitudes on slavery and race relations; and a look at how 19 prominent Black Americans reclaimed their past, using DNA and archival records to research their ancestry.

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[medit84truth]

There's a difference between "playing the race card", and then "pointing it out". Ppl act all suprised & indignant like, "How dare he", as if justice is equally distributed in this country. I notice how the ambiguous situations get blown out of proportion, while the obvious and constant injustices get hardly any attention. Ppl seem to focus on the small % of times color probably didn't play a role in a particular matter in order to have an excuse not to deal with the large % where color did.

[kiwikroger]

I truly miss the days when you could look up Gates on youtube and racial profiling didn't pop up.

[ashken79]

u know it's a race vid when u see evey1 replying to one another lol

[osiruskat]

@80Spill I could generalize that all white people follow the words of David Duke, hate anyone that is different than them, carry guns waiting for the race war to happen, and say "damn niggers" when no one is listening but that would be unfair.Not every black person in America is on welfare, abandons there children, is a rapist, and a murderer. Do something to make a difference instead of spewing your prejudiced views on your limited "black" experience.

[osiruskat]

@80Spill My friend if you think that Louis Farrakhan is the father of black culture you are very delusional and need stop letting youtube chatter affect your opinion on people you know NOTHING about. You keep bringing up Jesse and Al...peoples whose time has past. I'm not a Sharpton fan anyway. If you can not contribute something positive to make a difference in race relations between Americans,please stay out of black culture issues.

[osiruskat]

@80Spill Ok if you feel that way what are you doing to make a positive difference...run for congress...start a take back neighborhood program...start a youth program. Again, I don't know where you live...I know nothing of race batting from Al Sharpton. You must live in New York or something. If you have had all bad experiences with "black" people maybe it is the energy you give off. Especially if you always pre judge people because of something Sharpton or someone else said.

[osiruskat]

@80Spill You are the one going back in the past bringing up Shabazz (Malcolm

X). Again I don't hate white people. You seem to have loads of rage and anger. You generalize all blacks as deviants which is unfair. You are only focusing on a minority of black crime whereas loads of white, hispanics, and other ethnic groups are committing just as many crimes. I believe parents should be made accountable for roque children and there needs to stricter laws on violent crimes. 

[osiruskat]

@80Spill So you are saying that doesn't happen in so called "white culture". Child abandonment, rape, murder. White people don't commit crimes in this country? You my friend are the one out of touch. You are venting to me about something that you have not brought up a positive solution for. All U.S. citizens need to raise their damn kids and stop letting the Tv and play station do it for them. I don't believe in race or racism so this is an American problem.

[osiruskat]

@osiruskat to 80Spill typo "what are you willing to do change white perceptions of being called a devil."

[osiruskat]

@80Spill Again I don't no anyone where I live (Deep South) who supports black nationalist groups like New Black Panther Party. Far as I know, they are the only ones that are openly a hate group. I haven't even heard Farrakhan saying anything towards "white" people in years. Farrakhan speaks more on black on black crime. I could go on and on about hate crimes in general towards a pan ethnic America but views and tone on other ethnic groups have to change for this country to progress.

[osiruskat]

@80Spill When was the last time you have heard of a white families home having a cross burned in his yard. Or someone bombing an all white church to terrorize people for mixing. tThere are reasons why "blacks" have rage towards "white devils". The 1960s are long gone and times have changed. Their are many white hate groups that openly advocate violence towards blacks, jews, and any other non white groups. what have you willing to do to change that perception of "whites".

[osiruskat]

@80Spill ok since we are dialoguing here please cite me when you have heard Jackson or Sharpton promoting hostilily and violence towards whites. Now in reference to Malcolm X, if you were an oppressed person living in the 1960s where any time you tried to vote, ride in the front of the city bus, and refused all the equal rights issued in our Constittion you were met with violence...how would you feel? What would you do? Malcolm X latter revised his feeling of violence and was killed.