Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: "We Are 99.9% the Same" | Amanpour and Company
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2020
- Historian and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has explored the ancestry of dozens of people from diverse backgrounds on his PBS show Finding Your Roots, including Christiane’s in 2019. Now in its sixth season, the show features guests like Jeff Goldblum, RuPaul, and Queen Latifah. Gates believes family tapestries can offer a sense of stability in these unsettled times and joins Walter Isaacson to discuss what he’s learned about race and identity.
Originally aired on January 16, 2020.
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Dr. Gates is a credit to humanity.
Yes to Hue-manity,
I love Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Intelligence, kindness and absolute class act! I wish more humans were like him❤️
I love him too for a long time.
Apparently we are. Well, 99%, anyway.
More of him would be more hope and blessings on our world. Education is all!
@@terrylovesenegal Amen
Diane Me too. 👵
Dr Gates has such class and grace, while remaining wonderfully childlike in his joy of discovery. Love him. Love all the shows on PBS he has been part of. He and his show is a true gift to us all.
I 100% agree.
I agree. I could watch Dr. Gates every single day!
Show to older children. Give them thirst for discovery. You know when you do Ancestry, it’s not about naming names, establishing dates, there are offshoots....history has history, trails to follow. We give them voice when we do this--(can't say "work"-its joy).
Opposite is always true....
think....my granduncle was carrying a flagpole on Jan 6; he was attacking his countrymen and desecrating the Peoples House. That’s the opposite of joy and it’ll be rediscovered by some poor relative.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
As an old white woman, I am deeply thankful for Dr. Gates excellent series of programs over the years, all of which I have watched at least twice. My hope is that they are used to educate our children and their parents about our history and how it has impacted generations. I have learned so much.
the root is just like a KKK newsletter for black people instead of white people , you know that right?
❤️
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Is a national treasure.
God Bless you with health &
a long life so we can enjoy you
for so many more years to come.
You are an amazing human being
with a beautiful heart !
Also, THANK YOU for speaking about
the absurd illusion of
"white supremacy" & economic uncertainty being one of it's contributing factors....
another is - ignorance which festers and becomes hate & additionally
some people ( so sadly) need to hate someone & feel like someone is
beneath them.
Thank you for bringing the truth to life !
Amen!!!
Thank you, Mr. Gates, for opening my "white" eyes to the suffering black Americans have gone through, to this day, due to this country's history of slavery, Jim Crow and racism. Watching your show has finally made this clear to me.
Thank you for being empathetic and open to learning
Knew you were out there....thank you for posting. I revere the African American experience. To have survived and thrived under such continuous difficult circumstances. I revere black people for faith and endurance which translates into richness in our American fabric. Now, pass it on. Let kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews see these shows. Pizza night, discuss what was seen. Play -act, oh, you probably won’t be interested in this, but let’s watch a little......
This is what has been missing. Last four years with its intensity...now we can see...it’s our lack of history that has brought us here. Change it.
Thank Elaine for posting.
Those who deny history are repeating and turns a blind eye when someone suffers with it today. You know, I have protected, saved, and helped many non black lives but their has not be one who has done the same for me. What they have done is to deny my suffering. That's America.
You're not the only one Elaine to experience an awakening to American history in this fashion. We don't teach our own history in our schools because it's distasteful or whatever word we'd want to use. It's only been within the last 60 years or so, one generation's worth of time, that we just started allowing people of color to be served in the same fashion, through the same door, at the same table as 'regular' patrons. We are in no way 'there yet' and that is what we struggle with all the time because we ASSUMED that we were integrated and accepted and that we had passed and succeeded at that.
@@Jazzman-bj9fq Very true, that.
My secondary school years lasted from 1945 to 1957 and remember nothing being mentioned about the black American experience except to hear about the black heroes who had great accomplishments like George Washington Carver and the underground railroad that demonstrated the heroic efforts of white people to show Southern blacks the road to Canada.
All of the western movies treated native Americans as the bad guys, a fact without merit I eventually found out.
We had 2 black families in the 5,000 person community I grew up in and their skin color had nothing to do with our friendships.
My hard lessons about slavery and the present conditions of white supremacist racist treatments blacks still horrify me.
I still don't understand Xtian treatment of Jews because the first testament of their bible of idiocy comes directly from the Talmud and Torah, all written by Jewish Rabbis through the many centuries of Judaism. White evangelism really sucks for all non whites.
I am working on my ancestry and I've gone back 12 to 15 generations on many of my branches. I was talking to a friend from Wales, and we realized that these are just names and we have no idea what color our ancestors are. We make a lot of assumptions based on where they come from. I found a bunch of Native Americans from the Montauk and Mohawk tribes in my tree. There were some painted portraits of those ancestors and one woman who is my 14th great-grandmother looked African black because of her hair and features. These ancestors were from the 1500s to the 1600s. My theory was that if I could get back far enough, I'd find all 5 major races in my tree. Eventually, we can find our common ancestors. I was excited. I am the sum total of all those who contributed DNA to create me. Same for all of us. We are all cousins. Food for thought.
Thanks for sharing Janet!
As the Native Americans say “we are all brothers and sisters.” Thank you sister Janet for sharing what you have found.
How did you trace back so far?
Is it fair to say that the US has a larger population of white citizens of African ancestry compared to other Western countries ?
We are all cousins. And if we realized that, whoa, what great things we could do.
Dr. Gates "I don't think guilt is inherentable." That's a brilliant and wise statement.
I'm only surprised the SJW's haven't cancelled him yet for that heresy. They already went after Dr. Seuss. Maybe he's next.
Dr. Gates is so interesting. I could listen to him speak all day.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
I just Love Mr Gates! Such a wonderfully Balaced Human Being ❤️
Such a clown.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
The Sanity of Humanity is returned to Us by the efforts of Men and Women like Henry Louis Gates. When the truth is known, it has a profound effect that can not be denied. Those that refuse to accept it are hiding from the light that would Free them. My respect is strengthened in the efforts of Henry Louis Gates and All those who research the History of Humanity. God Bless your work for illuminating Truth, Fact and Purpose of true Faith. Each Episode fortifies my compassion that All Humans are Brother's, Sister's of One Creator. Peace and Love for your Endeavors in telling the story of Humanity.
Powerful statement 👏 👏 👏
This is one of the best interviews I've ever seen, period. Two extremely gracious and intelligent people.
Delusional,only Black people want to be with other people..other races want nothing to do with us.
How I love Dr. Gates voice. Up there with Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones. They can narrate anything and it sounds so official, elegant, regal.
Side note: Same goes for Ms. Amanpour. Her voice and annunciation is divine.
I adore this entire piece. Ancestry, history is incredibly fascinating.
One love, brothers and sisters.🌎☮️💟
i can't agree more
All people should know of their ancestors.
Yes 👍
Yes, well unfortunately we weren’t considered people. So, there was no regard for family at the time of kidnapping or generationally in America. African languages were illegal to be spoken in America. Speaking an African language was punishable by cutting your tongue out of your mouth. Plus, various tribes were lumped together so frequently no one spoke your particular African language as there are hundreds of them.
Children/adults sold to wherever alone. During great migration separation happened again.
No attempt has ever been made to help African- Americans identify origin or family.
Thanks for interest!
I've been able to trace my ancestors through census records. I found gr gr grandparents born in early 1840s!😃
Absolutely know our ancestors. And hopefully make peace.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Love "Finding Your Roots"
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Mr. Gates shows us the gift of family(for good or bad) I believe one needs to know the past to make a future.
An already read text....something that pervades our society! We jump to a perhaps incontrovertible mind set about color determining the
basic quality of character.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
For BHM: my favorite book on how color works is called The Color of Horses, by a veterinarian called Ben K. Green. He dissected 4000 horse hairs, to discover that all horse colors (flat, shimmery, light and dark, etc) are caused by different sizes and arrangements of one molecule: melanin, the same molecule that colors the skin of all people. That sort of puts racism to shame, eh?
They know that. They don’t care. They need a way to label people so that they retain power. Just as rape isn’t about sex, racism is about color. Both are about power at someone else’s expense.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
My Most Favorite Author... !!! ❤️ own All his books.. His History is amazing..
I adore Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. His education, knowledge, decency and dedication makes him a very valuable gorgeous person.
Love this show. Love the way Dr. Gates handles the program. Most of my ancestors were from England. My great great grand mother signed a document with an "x".
Dr. Gates tireless pursuit of knowledge with our history is a gift to us all, a national treasure...
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
@@thinktank8813 What sort of thinking have you got? That sort of thinking is what divided the people in the first place. He in my eyes is the brown of Black people. There is also a cream of Black people, a red of Black people. So are you planning to divide everyone by how much black or brown they look, then maybe how straight or flat the nose, how wolly or not so wooly the hair. My family and relatives, If you would go about dividing up like you just did we would all be over 200 races. So, just shut it!
@@oliviamonteque6407 Thank You!!!!!
I truly love the openness and sharing involved in the show Finding Your Roots -- just as I love the idea of finding commonality between all of us. Thank you for what you do, Dr. Gates!
Dr. Gates, you bring so much joy to me, watching your show. One day before I retire, to my homeland in Africa, I would do I test, to find out my linked family, here in the states. I will never forget the feeling I had when I first moved to Texas- I would find myself frozen, many times, seeing people that looked exactly like my family members or friends. Thank you so much for connecting the dots in people's lives.
Dr. Gates is a healing voice and produces a healing TV show for us.
Love Dr. Gates and the show!
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
@@thinktank8813 I would have to research more. I work in epigenetics. For me Africa is the birthplace of race...human race. Gates and you perhaps and I seem mixed ethnicities. If you are demanding African genes are in us all I agree. And if you command we recognize this while I agree I believe you may be in insisting Black skin as superior and I might place you next to British royalty and eugenics. Good luck and hey please respect Gates please. Write him w your views.
What a beautiful intelligent and gentle man...
Henry Louis Gates, absolute class. His work is so important. We are all Africans.
I love you Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Thank you for all that you do.
We are indeed ALL AFRICAN. Thank you, Dr Gates, for your wisdom and your love of people.
We are 99.9% THE SAME! THE DNA DOES NOT LIE!
Dr. Gates is such an extraordinary beacon for our time & for all time!! I am captivated by his genius & his heart to create such a groundbreaking program! I love him!!❤👏🏽🕊
Michelle Xyminis
YOU are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT MICHELLE.
As A JEHOVAH WITNESS since the age of 9 years old I was NEVER A PREJUDICED
PERSON and it was not ingrained into me. It was just NEVER in my H❤️RT.
Growing up in a mixture of
People of different Races I was never bothered by any
People in my Neighborhood knowing that I was A JW that had FOLKS from Different Countries and Languages.
Even though I live now in
FLORIDA I still keep in touch
With my Brothers and Sisters of JEHOVAH WITNESSES and
L👀K Forward to seeing them
Again after all this VIRUS thing is OVER.
AND IF PEOPLE THINK WE ARE NOT RELATED.
GUESS AGAIN
ADAM and EVE were OUR First
PARENTS.
I do not seem to be of African descent but I am, I am a descendant of African slaves who arrived in Mexico through the port of Veracruz, I also have indigenous and European descent. I would love to know more about family but in Mexico it is difficult.
My DNA reveals I am 100% European. It confuses me!
I remember reading Prof.Gates' book,"Finding Oprah's Roots" what seems like ages ago,and his work is utterly fascinating and vital. Science is answering many of our biggest,oldest questions. Our DNA is revealing the network of connections running through all of humanity. I always felt sadness that African Americans couldn't join in with all other ethnicities in sharing their story. Prof.Gates' work may go a long way towards healing that injury. Bravo!
Professor Gates, thank you for pointing out that we all come from Adam and Eve.
I am from the West Coast. I was an adult before I realized how many if my classmates from elementary school through high school were either Hispanic or Native American. I saw them in school as, " Oh, she's artistic, or he an excellent athlete."
Never once did my parents point out that you could tell some people's race by their surname.
Now I live in the deep South. and my African American neighbors tell their relatives that I'm a "cousin".
I use public transportation. I have pointed out that we really are all different shades of brown. (Beige being in the brown family.)
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we taught all of our children to list the ways we are the same? To see our sameness instead of our differences?
That is how I raised my child. When she was 3 years old, she had friends that were in their 80's and even one in his 90's who regularly got a hug from both of us.
And she had friends all of her life that were of various races. One day a Caucasian kid was making fun of an Hispanic friend of hers at their high school. She kicked the less than nice boy in the butt and told him about his small mind!
He wasn't talking about the biblical Adam and Eve. Mitochondrial Eve lived amongst many other humans but only her line of descendants lives on today.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
this is important work ... so important ... it is personal and collective in its healing and enlightening effect ...
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
I have followed this man ever since he purchased some handbags from me years ago! Fascinating career.
Brilliant! We are 99.9% the same. Let that sink in!! Finding your roots is a wonderful program! Looking forward to the new season! Support PBS!
Keep this show going!! It’s
incredible! It should be cheaper to find out our roots. DNA companies should reduce their prices cause so many ppl can’t afford it.
Especially since they sell the info
YES!
I agree
This show makes me bawl every time. Thank you Professor and thank you PBS for this show. I just wish that regular people not celebrities were chosen as well to be on the show.
Maybe have a mix, celebrity and a non-celebrity...lots of incredible stories out their☺
Maybe someday a few non-celebrities will be invited.
Yes, it would be better if it was the average person that they offer the free test to. These celebs can for sure afford the price for the kits.
@@isabelleon3360 yes that could work.
love the show, i wish it would be more readily available in germany! dr. gates is such a treasure!
I remember thinking when I heard about the Cambridge Massachusetts arrest… “Who doesn’t watch PBS and know that that’s Dr. Gates from the ancestry show?!” I love the primary source historical research presented in his show. It really is his-story and her-story!
Such a respected and smart man. He understands the social construct of race, and human nature more than most. He is delightful.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
You misunderstand. The less than 1 % accounts for the “racial” difference as far as I understand...We are of the human race and we are very much alike...race is a social construct based on phenotypical expression and associated labels...that’s how I understand it.
@@patriciakeats1621 That is a hateful troll - ignore him.
I listen to him from time to time, and I genuinely like him. It's like coming home to good stories .... Thank you, man. Love you... I believe that thru our experiences we grow our stories... And telling them to others makes that connection come alive. It's electric. It's present, exactly where we are.
Brilliant man👏🏼👏🏼
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Absolutely. Every racist needs to have a 23&me to see that they aren't what they think they are.
People have been moving all over the earth for thousands of years, you aren't from just one place.
Everywhere is where U R from”.Khemet”
Black supremacists also aren't what they think they are. Most African Americans have European ancestry, too. They have as much genetic material from slave owners as the original African slaves.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
@@thinktank8813 can't respect someone like you who doesn't even believe in basic science, people are 99.9% the same, and orangutans are 97-98% the same as us humans
I love you Mr. Gates!! I think you are a fine gentleman! Thank you for your hard work!!! Blessings 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇺🇸😷❤️
I respect the work that is produced from the efforts of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and can trust the historical facts that he brings that fill in the gaps of lost information and understanding.
Dr. Gates is an amazing, caring man. He teaches each of us about each other and ourselves. Fantastic interview!
We are all Africans and, at the level of the genome, 99.9% the same, well put.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
My favorite show of all time, Mr Gates the host of all that is is the best!!
An amazing way to learn history... As our Ancestors witness to it in a timeline...enjoy this show immensely...and it's the "rest of the story"... Also how the action or lack of actions affected the future of a family...we really are tied together...affecting each other's lives...
Dear Dear Mr Gates, your show touches a cord in my soul every time, the care and sensitivity, your un compromised thoroughness and gentle delivery of facts are a rare Nácar Pearl in the precious necklace of humanity. I wish I could meet you and give you a huge loving embrace for your kindness and pure heart, you bring a special light into my life. My prayers are with you in these challenging times🕊🌸
❤🌐💯🙏
His show is excellent.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
I love watching Gates show.
Dr Gates to you
Love the show can't wait for the next season.
Love you so very much Dr Gates! I use you as an example of gentleness.
If I had to pick one person to share a meal with - handsdown 💕 🙏
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
I live Dr. Henry Louise Gates, Jr. This man is a gift to the world!
💟 Loved this Interview !
God Bless Dr. Gates !!! 💟
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
@@thinktank8813 Respectfully, what are you basing your statement on ? What research, documentation or forum of thought do you base that on ? Or, do you work with DNA on a regular basis ? What is your scholarly background if you don't mind sharing. Thank you so much.
The Resilience of a people and their descendants through time and space. The Root has been planted giving birth to what was a few and now many rising from ashes of obience, intolerant, slavery, injustice and death yet! Today we live. This we owed all to The one God and his mercy and his compassion and love for us. Great story and Wonderful conversation.
The current economic disparities due to the pandemic is definitely displaying the stereotype some hold against others.
And so...?
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
I ❤️LOVE❤️ Henry Louis Gates Jr
"Racism is an already-read text" -- that's a great description! And I realize it also applies to political categories in the US today. So if someone is told that a person is "liberal" or "conservative" there seems to be an entire mini-biography implied, but it's usually a completely false document.
When Skip Gates said to Walter Isaacson, "Thank you, my brother" I felt moved, and realized how meaningful it is to have a black American call someone like me -- a white American -- brother. It happened to me just a few years ago that a black girl who lives in my neighborhood called me "brother" in passing. I felt wonderful. It also happened a long time ago in Berkeley, right across from the UC campus, that I called a black guy "brother" and he turned and said, "I'm not your brother." That hurt. So I've benefited from having both of those experiences, and Walter's experience that got onto the video just added to my sense of connection.
Professor Gates is a national treasure.
This show has done more to unite people and counter identity politics than anything else in the public sphere. The more you look at ancestry, the less we fall into identity groups and the more we have in common, genetically and culturally. Thank you for this program.
I love this show. Granted, some are more interesting than others but I still watch. The guests start out a bit leery and joking but it’s such an emotional experience and deeply personal so that the are often moved to tears to know that their own family suffered and fought to survive.
I've watched all of them and they are wonderful but my favorite is Queen Latifa's amazing story.
I have always believed that we are all God's children, no one better than anyone else. We all pee and bleed. I love that he reaffirmed that we are all 99.9% the same. A wise friend I knew once said, "there is only one race, and that is the human race." Amen!
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
@@thinktank8813 You are incorrect
Great interview
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Love Dr. Gates.
Dr.Henry Louis Gates Finding your Roots top 5 shows on PBS.
I love this show! Louis Gates, please keep your great show on PBS. I watch every show!! You are doing a huge service .
Thank you so much,just love to listen to you!
I love Mr. Gates’ program. Each person’s story is a piece of history for all of us.
Phenomenal Wisdom Dr. Gates displays, i have been fascinated with my Family Genogly for over 22 years and after watching Dr. Gates on PBS gave me the courage to take the Ancestry test 1yr ago today. Thanks Dr. Gates, I've been able to trace my Family back to 1840's & still searching to figure out more.
Dr. Gates is so wise and educated, especially about the Myth of Race. Humans need to recognize their commonality instead of their superficial differences.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
He is a liar and helps promote Eugenics.
He is gross!!!
American Holocaust I certify to you that with the help of God we shall powerfully enter your country and shall make War against You in All Ways and All Manners that we can and shall subject You to the yoke and obedience of the Church and their Highnesses. We shall take You and Your Wives and Your Children, and shall make Slaves of Them, and as such shall sale and dispose of them as their Highnesses may Command. And we shall take your goods and shall do You all the Mischief and Damage that We can as to vassals who do not obey and refuse to receive their Lord and resist and Contradict him. In practice the Spanish ( European Colonizers) did not usually wait for the Indians to reply to their demands. The Indians were manacled then as it were they were read their rights. ( as one colonist and historian described the routine. After they were put in chains someone read the Requerimiento without knowing their language and without any interpreters, and without either the readers or the Indians understanding the Language they had no opportunity to reply, being immediately carried away Prisoners the Europeans not failing to use the stick on those who did not go fast enough. In this perverse way the invasion and destruction of what many including Columbus thought was a “Heaven On Earth” began! Not that the reading of the Requerimiento was necessary to the inhuman violence the Spanish (European Colonizers and the Church) were to perpetrate against the Indigenous People they confronted. Rather the proclamation was merely a legalistic Rational for the fanatical.......the requerimiento is representatives of the very same standards practiced Policing Today.
Columbus and his men shipped thousands of Sunkissed, Melanin Rich, Aboriginal, Indigenous American Indians to The Islands, To Europe and to Afrika and sold them as Negroes.
Negroland is in Afrika and yet we don’t question why?!?
And the idea that Europeans continue to both negate and experiment with the existing functioning Cultures is highly offensive.
American History equals,
Aboriginal History
Autochthonous History
American Indian History
Indigenous American History =
Black History!!!
Reclassification from Indigenous to Black and Afrikan American has both denied and confused a great many of Our People, Regarding Our Contributions, In our Own Land.
The Meritorious Manumission Act of 1710......In Exchange for Freedom.
1) Save the life of Pigment Impaired.
2) Protect the Pigment Impaired.
3) Squeal on The Sun Kissed.
4) Invent something that the Pigment Impaired can make Financial Gain and Power from.
The Fragility is real and seems to be exclusive to the uninvited, Europeans, who’ve no bootstraps to genuinely boast upon.
I can hear this man talk all day long! He has a soothing voice. I love the work he does to help people finding their ancestors, etc.
Dr. Gates has to be in the top 5 people I would be so honored to ever meet. He certainly makes West Virginia Proud.
Dr. Gates, my hero. I've learned SO much from Finding Your Roots, that it has inspired my creative work. What a tremendous teacher and show!
My grandfather with his simple roots and later success was very conscious that racial and class prejudice existed but could not understand the basis for it. He would constantly impress on me that though he was blessed with good fortune all people were kin and really alike. Later in science class in school I learned that all of us are 99.9% alike and have African roots. I give a special thanks to my grandfather for impressing in me the thrill in embracing that revelation.
Love this show❤️
Henry Louis Gates is much respected. I love searching my roots.
'Absolutely loved this fascinating episode! It is wonderful to watch Dr. Gates excitedly, but calmly reveal the onion layers of peoples' lives and families. And, of course, it is so enjoyable/touching to see the reactions of people when they find out their truths. I would love to be able to find out more about my own geneology.
I have been watching his show a long time🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟.
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. PhD ✊ we share same birthday and my husband was also born in West Virginia✊
Dr Gates, you are very kind. By now you know your arrest was NOT a one off. Very sad. We still have much work to do before that New Day can dawn. Thank you for ALL you do to unite humanity and bring us peace. I love your work.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent claim is FALSE. A pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Love this programme it was brilliant
Queen Latifa looks like Pearl Bailey.
And here's the kicker, Pearl Bailey is from Virginia (where Queen Latifah's family comes from). Surely that cannot be a coincidence!
Thank you, Professor Gates for all that you do🙏
I’d love to sit down and talk with Mr. Gates.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Dr. Gates is so correct. Finding out where our families came from helps us define who we are and what we will do in our future. I love this man and everything he has done!
Love his show!
I adore Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Thank you so much!
He's superb, perfecto, distinguished, everlasting, endless with ongoing expertise as ever! It's such a pleasure also, a true blessing within itself! A mainstay, keepsake to treasure always! Godsend, timeless throughout leaving no stones left unturned! Monumental in being a Hallmark for, many centuries to come! The era we live to see, which is so vital for our, current existence!
These shows should be 100% free, for all Americans.
The purpose of finding our roots is to find out We Are One.
Entertainment and information, yes. But we are owed this, it belongs to our ancestors and our progeny.
Any time it requires premium pay or membership, remind them who the boss is. Demand that the education we have missed is free, and freely distributed.
I love this man! I enjoy watching finding your roots and the special he did last February on the black church.
Henry Luis Gates Jr. Thank u sir.
Its a great blessing to hear Dr Gates articulate the same feelings i have da for year. Well done Sir
Diversity is good for countries. Just read 'Enemies in love' thinking it would cheer me up. Sadly I was horrified about all the racism in America and post war Germany. We are all human so why does skin colour matter, only Love matters.
Dr. Gates says he's black, but he's brown, and he is INCORRECT about humans being 99.9% the same. Genetically, the 99.9% percent the same claim is FALSE, and a pure race does exist mostly in AFRICA.
Because of this man and his show, I got very interested in family history. And because of that, I've learned where I come from and who my people are! Thank you Henry Louis Gates Jr
One of the most interesting shows on television or in television history!
This Man, Mr.Gates deserve an award for this show .
Thank you for sharing this interview.
I have learned so much from Dr Gates I can listen to him every day,god bless him ,what a great man.
When You Talk to Yourself, You Are Talking To Your Ancestors.♥♥♥