Kizzy and Missy in "Roots"

"Roots" 2016.

[@thescatman5029]

The notion of Missy wanting to look down at Kizzy's ....., because "it's my right".....!

[@shimmer4771]

I noticed that, too. She felt entitled to her. Why did they feel so entitled to slaves? They think they owned their bodies.

[@dredre_lj2003]

​@@shimmer4771no shit, they treated them like wild animals & property not human beings

[@taegotkash]

@@shimmer4771They literally did own their bodies and their children’s bodies. By law. Are you folks really this ignorant about the enslavement of most of black Americas ancestors? This is ridiculous

[@shimmer4771]

@@taegotkash Excuse me? I studied slavery all throughout school, and I know a lot about history. Of course I knew the laws and they owned them. It's called speaking metaphorically. I am questioning what made them feel justified to treat slaves this way because of their arrogance and racism. I know the laws gave them the right to do it.

[@bms77]

“It’s my raaaaaayte”. Ugh that would piss me off

[@d0narroyo]

What good will do for you in 2021,

[@waivedwench]

That's where it stops being funny.

[@meganchristinevincencciaki5081]

I don’t get it? Surely - hopefully - I’m misunderstanding this scene because from where I’m standing it looks like this was almost about to become a r*pe situation if Noah hadn’t walked in? Missy was literally pulling Kizzy’s dress up, asking if she had any ‘hair down there’, Kizzy tells her to stop, Missy continues trying to forcefully pull her dress up and then tells her it’s her RIGHT to inspect Kizzy’s vagina? :/:/

[@waivedwench]

@@meganchristinevincencciaki5081 I don't think it would led to actual rape, but it does show that Missy considers Kizzy her property, to do with as she pleases. They SEEM like friends, but friends respect boundaries.

[@PreacherLevi]

@@meganchristinevincencciaki5081 she was messing around, I highly doubt she would have done that. Def creepy thou

[@user-rl2rw3tp6s]

No race is superior to another it’s so stupid seeing this just misses me off

[@dredre_lj2003]

U mean pisses

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Exactly

[@frankbridges2171]

@@user-rl2rw3tp6s well said

[@briannabombshell1921]

I understand Kizzy knew how to read but I doubt she was THAT educated to read THAT GOOD. In this movie they didn’t even sound like slaves at all

[@whitealliance9540]

Dont get it twisted blacks knew how to read and well. Many black "nannies" had to teach them whitekids how to read in the first place.

[@noorrougelewis6704]

I don't think they'd be able to either.

[@thechosenone1533]

Missy taught Kizzy everything she knew. So if Missy was taught that then so did Kizzy.

[@abegoldman8749]

This whole entire story is fictional, just based on things that actually happened during slavery, but the actual story of roots isn't true at all.

[@lavernerowden8509]

I see you still can’t imagine black people being so intelligent to be able to read a book on anatomy. Back then people talked very different especially the southern planter upper class.

[@markmode2568]

Anne Reynolds knew, that she wasn't supposed to be reading to Kizzy or showing her books.

[@thescatman5029]

But, she got off, while Kizzy was punished by being sold.

[@Lillyxxxo]

@@thescatman5029 then its kizzy fault

[@LILREMAlNS]

thanks for spoiling it for me, dumbass@@thescatman5029

[@whateverwhatever4476]

@@Lillyxxxohow it's her fault?

[@heyyyjuuuddeee]

I’m looking up Roots cause my mama said it’s the most heart breaking thing she ever watched and could never watch it again, and I clicked on this video. Irrelevant but damn I remember that white girl from Dog With A Blog hahah.

[@noorrougelewis6704]

They were absolutely brutal to slaves in this remake.

[@sarahlangston2416]

Well that’s the reality of how life was so 😂

[@noorrougelewis6704]

@@sarahlangston2416 Not always. It depends on their master. Some were fair. If you had a master that promised not to sell unless someone broke a rule, I don't think it can get any better than that for a slave. Some were just brutal. Slaves were completely at their master's mercy.

[@CaptainChapin]

@@noorrougelewis6704 there’s no such thing as a fair master.😐😐

[@noorrougelewis6704]

@@CaptainChapin I'm saying that a slave owner who promises his slaves they can live out their lives on his plantation and will never be sold as long as they follow the rules, is as good as it's going to get for a black slave in 1800's America.

[@CaptainChapin]

@@noorrougelewis6704 but that still doesn’t equate to it being “fair”. If they’re slaves that means they don’t have a fucking choice. 😐 those circumstances were slaves ended up having a master that was merciful if you can even call it that to allow them a less harsh experience while in bondage was rare if not ever. The only type of Caucasians that we’re doing anything to help Black people back then were the ones that were participating in the underground railroad and other projects that led to Black people accessing freedom and education. Most people who lived in plantations were the masters allow them to not be sold or still treated like second-class citizens in terms of common decency most of them were raped and taken advantage of. There’s no such thing as a fair master

[@pjharper2643]

Is that the girl from dog with a blog?!?

[@shimmer4771]

Yes. And Leo Little's Big Show.

[@shimmer4771]

G. Hannelius.

[@Nike2030]

What happened to the Southern accents?? They sound like Northerners

[@Sciciyoung1]

I decided to piss myself off this morning

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

Am I the only one who sees the gay undertones in this version? It seems like Missy has feelings for Kizzy and betrays her cause she can’t handle them.

[@controlman7490]

No, Missy wasn't attracted to Kizzy. She quite literally views Kizzy more like a talking pet than an individual human being. She betrayed Kizzy because she felt like her "pet" was unruly.

[@Ivator24]

It was considered normal for women to develop feelings for other women in those days. The husbands left the wives in the country while they lived in the city.

[@AlternativeHistory32]

@@Ivator24but it was frown upon back then , even more so if it was two men .

[@mariocanfora9117]

More than anything he treats her like a puppy

[@Imricherthanyouxx]

EXACTLY THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@jupiterinaries6150]

Gotta little bit of lesbian energy going on!

[@Imricherthanyouxx]

Hood on a second did missy just sit on kizzys lap while saying that

[@maxemilion7124]

Are Missy & Noah siblings ?

[@SuperBigdude77]

No

[@saikohart3058]

They aren’t siblings

[@isurgirl_aaliyah9524]

​@@louisewestie989 no not true actually noah almost died while he was born bc his mother was giving birth to him but she died bc the slave master whipped her on the field while she was pregnant and on the field and Toby(Kunta Kente) yelled for help so a doctor actually helped the pregnant woman but she died but Noah was alive

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

@@isurgirl_aaliyah9524 not the slave master- the overseer.

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

I think it’s implied that he’s the overseer’s son, not the master’s.

[@CaptainChapin]

1:27 😐

[@shimmer4771]

Why did she think she owned her body? 😢 Does she want to see what she looks like because she's a different skin color?

[@akella278]

can you explain to a person who has not read the novel roots. Why didn't Missy Ann the owner's niece help Kizzy

[@allshookup1640]

Well she couldn’t really do anything even if she wanted to. She didn’t own Kizzy. Plus she was “just a slave” at the end of the day. She was coming into her role as a young lady and future slave owning wife. Missy also would have gotten in big trouble if she did fight for her. They would see her as a “slave-lover.” She’d be mocked. In the book they have a 4 year age gap and kind of drip apart. The miniseries has the sale as punishment for Kizzy.

[@akella278]

I'm sorry, I did not catch you. white girl lesbian or not?​@@allshookup1640

[@akella278]

​@@allshookup1640I'm sorry, I did not catch you. white girl lesbian or not

[@allshookup1640]

@@akella278 what? I was just trying to answer your question

[@xaviermadison2055]

Jesus is King

[@237hardy]

That's not SANDY DUNCAN!

[@kayla_max]

Avery looks different here

[@suitevictor]

1:27

[@albywhitelady]

Maybe you should eat some peaches? GROSS!!!!

[@PacifyKy]

@@gs34859 she’s making a joke about him to eat sum ass.

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

@@gs34859 cause he had no peach fuzz

[@concernedemployee6679]

I'm sorry the 1977 is better

[@scotrobertson9094]

I agree! The actors are more attractive in the 2016 version but the 70’s version is much better.

[@mikefolknation2851]

Lous Gossett Jr was a great Fiddler

[@taegotkash]

Hell no that is nostalgia talking, this miniseries has music atmosphere it’s way more realistic than that 1977 version. More inclusive more history. It’s just better. It makes you feel. They can put the chains on your body never let them put the chains on your mind. Did the original have a profound message by Kunta? 2016 was a great year anyway.

[@bleeding4721]

There was no kunte or kizzy but hey nice clip

[@Gamewatcherr]

So its not a true story at all?

[@saniyawilliams7003]

@@Gamewatcherr yes it’s a true story I don’t know what they talking about

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

@@Gamewatcherr yes it’s a true story

[@taiholmes]

@@Gamewatcherr yes it is, bc this is Alex Haley’s maternal side of his family

[@yummylemons172]

@@Gamewatcherr It is although some creative liberties were taken