Roots: Aspects of Importance

Deeper than just a “story.”

The importance of the movie and miniseries Roots was to put an importance on slavery, the slave trade, its effects on slaves, and how racism evolved and spread throughout America. Roots also go in-depth on how horrific, demonic, and gruesome. It also shows how far we take power, control, and need for superiority.

Roots also help us understand the carried effects slavery had and still has on black people today. Even looking at slavery from the surface the white man or white men traveled to a place taking the…