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You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage as I like to put it and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa.
- Henry Louis GatesPhoto by Benjamin Voros on Unsplash
You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage as I like to put it and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa.
- Henry Louis GatesBut you see our society is still trapped in this binary black/white logic...
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We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to...
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I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I...
The family is inclusive of not just your genetic family, but the people that...
When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I...
There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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