Leonard Pitts Jr.: Trump’s order discourages discussion of race and gender
by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
Oct 11, 2020
2 minutes
“I didn’t know.”
Those were the first words my friend, a white guy named Dave, spoke to me the day after the first episode of “Roots,” which depicted the capture and enslavement of an African boy named Kunta Kinte. This was 43 years ago.
So you can perhaps imagine my frustration last year when the HBO miniseries “Watchmen” debuted with an episode depicting the
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