Alex Haley

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

To the best of my knowledge and of my effort, every lineage statement within 'Roots' is from either my African or American families' carefully preserved oral history, much of which I have been able conventionally to corroborate with documents.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.