Roots The Miniseries

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    Snoop Dogg Rails Against ‘Roots’: “Let’s Create Our Own Stuff Based on Today.”

    Millions of viewers tuned into the new remake of the 1977 hit television miniseries Roots when it premiered on May 30th - but not rapper Snoop Dogg. He made that clear Monday in a video he posted on Instagram. “….I can’t watch no more black movies where n****s getting dogged out,“ he says in the video. How they gonna put Roots on Memorial Day?” Snoop’s problem with Roots and other recent TV series and movies that take a look back at slavery and chronicle the black experiences of the past?