Podcasts that mention 📚 Roots by Alex Haley

But I remember, you know, growing up, you know, when Roots came out and stuff like that and black people saying what it felt like to just not know where you were from, have no history, none of that type of stuff, like how that, like, you know, it's like if you, whenever I move, even if I go to a new city, I want to read up on the history of it so I can somehow feel rooted in it.

Bill Burr refers to the book 'Roots' during a discussion about identity and the significance of knowing one's heritage. He highlights how the book captures the essence of understanding one’s history and how this understanding can ground individuals, particularly when moving to new places.

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they kind of whitewashed slavery up until roots came out like they didn't really dive into just how bad it was from what i from what i've heard until roots came out roots was the first representation of what of them

The speaker mentions the book/miniseries 'Roots' as the first time America had an open, honest conversation about slavery.

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