In order to analyze the ideology in Roots, one must first take into consideration the reoccurring themes that correspond with the characters. There are two resurfacing themes in Roots. These themes are resistance and assimilation. Each character in the movies embodies at least one, if no both of these themes. The usually parallel lines of assimilation and resistance seem to somehow come dangerously close to touching, or even crossing, each other. However, in watching and understanding Roots, the film attempts to show the viewer that there should be no questions as to why this is true.
The history of the African-American has been a story of assimilation and resistance. When taken against their will, slaves such as Kunta Kente, refused to settle into their new life. Within themselves, they held true to their beliefs and their goals of once again being free. They met slavery with resistance. They resisted the seasoning, the conditioning, the training, and the stripping of their cultures. .
However, resistance, as it was for the slaves, is sometimes futile. Just as it may free some, it may kill many others. This fear of how resistance could be met compelled many African slaves to assimilate to their new life. Instilling fear into the slaves" minds, made encouraged the assimilation of the slaves more than anything. Some slaves, like Fanta for example, were quickly broken. They settled into the process of assimilation. They began to take on the cultures and the language of the majority. Thus, many slaves left behind the beliefs and traditions that had been taught to them in Africa. Many of the African slaves in America had the "Fanta Mentality." They met slavery with adaptation. They adapted to the chains, the whips, the cages. They adapted to the environment. They accepted their new life and gave in to the most convincing tactic: fear. .
The truth is that each slave of this nation's past represented different places between the parallel lines of resistance and assimilation.
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