used. i even read the statement of the african-american scholars that wrote the standards not ron desantis, but the scholars says everybody involved in this says this is completely a fabricated issue. and yet look how quickly kamala harrisfabric jumped on it. abc news, which is owned y and is out to gete to o ron desantis, spoke to one of the academics who createnef d the curriculum. he said this. it is the case that africans prove resourceful, resilient and adaptive and were able to develop skills and aptitudes which served to their benefit, both while enslave d and after enslavement. but what abc didn t there was this only criticism i ve encountered so far as a single one that was articulated by the vice president and which was an error. as i stated, my response to the vice president, it was categorically false. it vice ident. never said that s beneficial to africans.
in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. i ll be by to fetch you in the morning, captain. sleep well. it is difficult to explain in today s culture how unprecedented roots was. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before, told from the point of view of the africans. [ indistinct singing ] bianculli: it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. then we s free. we s free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. burton: earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments, and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. connelly: it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time, and not many people watching. man: the television premiere on eight consecutive nights
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men. what is your name? kunta kinte. the role i got to play was a dream role. it was really a genius to cast all of america s favorite television dads in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. i ll be back in the morning captain, sleep well. it is difficult to explain in today s culture how unprecedented roots was. to tell the story in the name of the africans. an embracing of black pride. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith tonight but because abc didn t. many were broadcast in
all of america s favorite television dads in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. i ll be by to fetch you in the morning, captain. sleep well. it is difficult to explain in today s culture how unprecedented roots was. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. we freed. we free honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching.