Whether you refer to the fall in the Garden of Eden, America’s original sin, Alex Haley’s wrenching novel and movie series, or the point in your life where innocence was lost, and you discovered that you were different. For some, they discovered their privilege; for others, they found their lack thereof.

According to the Oxford Dictionary definition, the 2nd noun meaning of Root is:
“the basic cause, source, or origin of something:
“The love of money is the root of all evil” · “jealousy was at the root of it” · “the root cause of the problem.”

In July, America celebrates 247 years, and Three-Fifths Magazine poses the question to each individual, where did it start for you, and where do we go from here; for individuals, ethnic communities, and our country as a whole?

Continue your summer reading as we go a bit deeper. This is a reading event. By joining this event, you will increase your awareness of personal, individual, corporate, and meta Roots of systemic racial bias, caste, and generational outcomes by the social construct of race in America.