The Movie of " Roots " ?

On this Memorial Day, Lifetime will be showing the remake of Alex Haley's " Roots " ? I remember when I first watched " Roots ", I am sure I was only about 7 or 9 years old but I was glued to the television. My Parents thought I was sleeping in my room but I was watching it sitting on my bunk bed and peering through the crack of my door. I could not hear the television but I sat there and watched and I was crying because I was watching the brutality going on with the people who looked liked me ! I may not understood the whole story then but my heart surely was in pain. As I got older a feeling of shame came over me every time in " History "
class when they talked about slavery and the civil war, because usually I was the only " Black " in class and I could feel eyes watching me, waiting to see if i have a emotional reaction which I did not ! I sat there stoned faced heart hurt because at that particular time, I felt like less then a human, a second class citizen and human being. I remember hatred building in my heart of not " European Americans " but being taught in school that all us African Americans were nothing more then that ! I was so wrong, because when I started to learn about " Black History, " and I did not have a " Black History " Class. but I read every book I could about us " African Americans " at Libraries ! James Baldwin, Elaine Brown, Fredrick Douglas, Eldrige Cleaver, Malcom X, George Jackson, Martin Luther King, Huey Newton, Assata Shakur, Elijah Muhammad ( Message To The BlackMan ) and so many more great books about " Knowledge Of Self " It opened up a new world on who I and my people really are, I learned to look at my self different and carry my self with more respect. And now when I watch " Roots " I tear up because of the love in my heart for my ancestors sacrifice for my " Freedom " ! Roots is really about a story about Kings and Queens sold in to slavery by there own, but by our God's grace had touched the hearts of not only the " Harriet Tubman's but also of " Good " European Americans " who also shed there blood for our " Freedom " ( Civil War ) ! Like Brother Malcom X said " We Are More Then Black, We Are African American Royalty " so I will continue to smile, keep my head raised, and teach our kids true identity is one of " Kings " and " Queens  " !