because all throughout west africa, and southern africa, people eat flatanos.ghout caribbean people eat them. all throughout south america. the ones who don't are those here who had them taken from them. >> what about what david suggests? there is this connection that all of us don't necessarily see and see the connection, in all of the bloodlines that really run through all of us to a great degree. >> it goes even deeper. if you're looking at the americans, for example -- and this is something that still -- i've been saying it for over 20 years and whenever i say it, people look at me in shock. of the 50 million enslaved africans brought to the americas, 95% ended up in latin america in the caribbean. only 4% ended up in what is now the united states. so the africa is so much a part of being latin american and caribbean. for example, what maylee is talking about now that her parents object to going outside of being puerto rican, well, puerto ricans have a problem with race, but that doesn't mean that puerto ricans are not part of that african diaspra. it is mo