Snoop Dogg Says We Should Boycott "Roots"

[KingFreeman]

For sure not watching it now. You two ^^ are long time established idiots on here.

 

[(Nope)]

Lol, alot of bullshit said in this thread already. There's so many stories in black history to be told, from black wall street to all the kings and queens in africa who they continue to white wash like Cleopatra. Atleast we're finally getting a Nat Turner flick soon. There's no reason to keep rehashing the same slave movies and all they do is add a "white savior" to the movie to make white people feel good. I read through all that bullshit.

And foh with that "well wasnt snoop in soul plane" shit, I bet yall parents was like "well wasnt he a pimp" everytime Malcolm went to give speeches. Shits corny af.

Honestly, I think they just modernized the film so it was palatable for a younger audience. It's not for you, me, or Snoop but kids black, white, or whatever that don't know the story. If they don't have context then movies about Nat Turner won't make sense.

I get why people are tired of this narrative, but the story has value.

 

[AP21]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

Agreed on the bolded. I think I remember people here saying they wouldn't watch it. I was skeptical but it was really well done and I look forward to the next season.

since i trust ya opinion, and you gave it the cosign, im'a check it out

 

[Ajackson17]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

They said there was 1/3rd muslims in the slave populations, but from my families DNA shows Benin and they practice Voodoo, naturalists people.

 

[Ajackson17]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

Agreed on the bolded. I think I remember people here saying they wouldn't watch it. I was skeptical but it was really well done and I look forward to the next season.

I think I will wait until Nat Turner movie come out....I'm ready for the Garvey biopic though. Also, Watch the Queen Nzinga movie.

 

[KingFreeman]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

Agreed on the bolded. I think I remember people here saying they wouldn't watch it. I was skeptical but it was really well done and I look forward to the next season.

since i trust ya opinion, and you gave it the cosign, im'a check it out

Nigga...

 

[Billy_Poncho]

We need a Paul Robeson movie

 

[AP21]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

Agreed on the bolded. I think I remember people here saying they wouldn't watch it. I was skeptical but it was really well done and I look forward to the next season.

since i trust ya opinion, and you gave it the cosign, im'a check it out

Nigga...

we cool like that tho

 

[Ajackson17]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

They said there was 1/3rd muslims in the slave populations, but from my families DNA shows Benin and they practice Voodoo, naturalists people.

I got all of that in me too....I don't deny any part of my ancestry....

This might sound crazy but I was having a dream a few years ago and a voice clear as day said "Benin" real loud then I woke up....this was before I even knew what Benin was I had never heard the word before that....I woke up and searched what it was I spelled it Benin and everything...so I kno I have a connection with Benin....I still do a lil research on Benin every now and then.

Dope! Those cats weren't no ho ass niggas, sad to find out they were taking kids when they were working with the cattle. You heard about that slave ship wreckage and the graves were filled with no adults. Smh, that's how they had little resistance but even so those teenagers fought those motherfuckers and a lot of systems weren't brought because they were too young to be introduce the heavy knowledge at a young age.

 

[D0wn]

Can we get a movie on Mansa Musa or King Tut with black people playing these roles.

Cosign or A movie about Bejamin Banneker... Fredreick Douglas. Haitian Revoloution...

Shout out Nate Parker for that Nat Turner movie tho.

 

[kzzl]

These slave shows are historical porn for white people. Fuck how "good" it is, that's a coon ass argument anyway. You wanna give niggas accolades for how convincingly they picked cotton? Fuck that. Leave that job to the Oscars.

And on the History Channel of all places, right? Those fucks will will give you every nook and cranny of a romantized Europe, but black folks? Have they shown a documentary like Hidden Colors? So why defend them remaking Roots of all things?

You can't be out here half-assed. Racism has infected all facets of life. That means calling it out in the media, just like you would against police.

Besides, Snoops got youth programs and charity efforts under his belt at least. Shit i aint done myself, so I'll respect the message at least. Dusty gang shit aside, it doesn't mean the man is wrong on this.

 

[D0wn]

Checking roots out right now and this shit dope as fuck so far......

Snoop my nigga but he ignorant as fuck for boycotting something without even checking it out.....Some slave flicks be dropping gems.....

This shit showing how the Mandinka was being trafficked....also showing how the Mandinka lived....Mandinka are more than 90% Muslim.....I say that to say its a large percentage of Muslims that were trafficked in the slave trade...showing folks that they weren't Christians before slavery....More than likely they were Muslim or practiced some traditional African spiritual system.

This shit come into play when you study yourself and get your DNA checked in all that....Got a DNA test and got my raw data analyzed....Mandinka makes up more than half of my DNA that was analyzed...I always had a strong connection to Islam and officially reverted to Islam a couple years back....

Underground was dope too....this nigga dont kno what he talking about. All this relates to whats going on now from slaves needing a "pass" to travel from plantation to plantation (drivers license), slave patrols (police officers), getting whipped (fines and fees).....

Take the emotion out and study the flicks....

This nigga just ranting and raving.... was the roots movie about the madinka tribe or was it about slavery???

 

[fuc_i_look_like]

Im not gonna lie , i was on some "fuck roots" shit too when i saw the previews.

I caught a lil bit of it last nite after the game went off, and the scene where the slaves on the ship almost overthrow/kill all the white ppl was pretty dope.

 

[KingFreeman]

These slave shows are historical porn for white people. Fuck how "good" it is, that's a coon ass argument anyway. You wanna give niggas accolades for how convincingly they picked cotton? Fuck that. Leave that job to the Oscars.

And on the History Channel of all places, right? Those fucks will will give you every nook and cranny of a romantized Europe, but black folks? Have they shown a documentary like Hidden Colors? So why defend them remaking Roots of all things?

You can't be out here half-assed. Racism has infected all facets of life. That means calling it out in the media, just like you would against police.

Besides, Snoops got youth programs and charity efforts under his belt at least. Shit i aint done myself, so I'll respect the message at least. Dusty gang shit aside, it doesn't mean the man is wrong on this.

 

[blackrain]

I find these types of movies to be beneficial. They are historical pieces that when put in context can be a source of inspiration.

If, you're tired of slave movies then you should be tired of gangster, pimp, drugs and hoe movies as well.

i agree. but this fits into the lifestyle idea some people want to live.

i bet more people got and watch scarface in their crib then redtails

Red Tails was a horrible movie. Great cinematics but writing was poor and acting wasn't that great. Traditional Lucas Film.

But I'm ready to see the Nat Turner movie.

horrible....whatever.

information shouldnt need to be masked in entertainment.

paid in full was a terrible movie but the storyline was what carried it not the acting or writing.

porque hermono! porque!

Education is always masked in entertainment. Hell we teach children the alphabet through singing a damn song

 

[LUClEN]

We should never forget our past...

that past includes more than slave narratives and we need more of those stories told.

It's more than just pinning that Narrative on Africans though, we can't forget how Europeans thoughts of the world and treated every other civilization they came into contact with: letting that shit go just makes it more likely that future generations will perpetrate the same crimes.

 

[CEOFABRIC]

The thing about Snoop is he will say things like this one minute but shuck and jive with Martha Stewart the next minute. I guess that is the dichotomy of man. Give him credit for speaking out still.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Snoop could always take his money and hire a staff to make something different with blacks ...out wait. TOO MUCH LOGIC.

 

[KingFreeman]

 

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