so when the first roots i forget how they had levar burton talking but he would've had a thick accent. then the generation who are born in this country and they surrounded not only by their many whites were native but black people who had been born on the plantation too. so what you got was something brand-new it wasn't african. this is how we know. something very clear in a city like new york city. we know how african sound when the speaking english but an african who learned english later. it's an accent that sounds very different than most of us because it's only been commonly heard in the united states for 40 years. if you think about it this person from nigeria doesn't sound anything like the black person from chicago. >> black america in my eyes they have been here songs the way people. so so different. i heard somebody from africa 20 years ago i can tell the difference immediately. he's african-american they were born here but then i have another thing to ask you. i can get rid of my accent quickly but if i talk on my phone with my chinese friends for a couple months -- [inaudi

africa, would have sounded for example, in the first group's miniseries, i forget how they had levar burton talking but he had a very thick accent. then you have the generation that are born in this country and they are surrounded, not only by their many whites were native and especially on the plantation there were whites around, but there were black patient people around you would been born on the plantation too. what you got then was something brand-new that was different than the weight whites spoke because slaves were their own community but it wasn't african. this is how we know, this is something clear in the city of new york. we know how african sound when their speaking english as a second. i don't mean an african has grown up with english but an african who learned english later. it's an accident that sounds very different to most of us because it's only been commonly heard in the united states for 40 years. if you think about it, this person from nigeria doesn't sound anything like the black person from chicago. >> black americans, in my eyes, black americans are true americans b