Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) E hiahia ana koe ki tētahi hōtaka pouaka whakaata e pā ana ki te hītori o tō whānau, kia whakaurua ngā taipitopito o tētahi whanaunga tawhiti, kua mate noa nei, i whai pononga? Ko te mea nui, ko wai e hiahia ana ki te whakapoke i te hara o te tupuna kaore he hononga ki a koe, engari he whakapapa tawhiti? Kāore au, kāhore hoki a Ben Affleck, nāna i akiaki i ngā kaiwhakanao o tētahi whakaaturanga PBS, "Finding Your Roots", kia whakakorea tētahi tohutoro ki tōna tupuna tupuna a Benjamin Cole, he rangatira pononga i Georgia i waenganui o ngā tau 1800, i tētahi wāhanga e titiro ana ki te hītori o te whānau o Affleck. (I whakakitea e Affleck te ingoa o Cole i te pō o te Wenerei.) Anei te mea ka miharo pea ki te maha, i te mea ko te tikanga o te hunga pāpāho ki te whakamahi i nga korero whakaharahara: Ko te kaiwhakanao o te whakaaturanga, te kaiwhakaako o Harvard a Henry Louis Gates Jr., i whakaae ki te tono a Affleck, na te mea i te wa i tukuna ai te waahanga i te Oketopa 2014, kaore he korero mo te tupuna rangatira o te whetu. Ko te whakamātau a Affleck ki te whakarerekē i te ihirangi o te hōtaka i mōhiotia tuatahitia i ngā rā tata nei i muri i te tukunga a WikiLeaks i ngā īmēra kua hacked e whakaatu ana i tētahi whakawhitinga i waenganui i a Gates me te tumuaki o Sony Pictures, a Michael Lynton. I te patai a Gates me pehea tana whakautu ki te tono a Affleck ki te whakakore i te rauemi, ka whakautu a Lynton, "ko nga mea katoa e rite ana, ka tino tangohia e au". I te Rātū, i whakaae a Affleck, mā Facebook, kua akiaki ia i a Gates kia whakakore i ngā kōrero katoa e pā ana ki tōna whanaunga rangatira pononga. I whakamārama a Affleck, "Kāore au i hiahia kia whakaurua e tētahi whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata e pā ana ki tōku whānau tētahi tangata e whai pononga ana. I whakama ahau. Ko te whakaaro anake i waiho he reka kino i roto i toku mangai. " I whakakahoretia e Gates i te aroaro o te iwi, i whakatau ia mo te ihirangi o te hōtaka i runga i te tono a Affleck, engari i te mea pea i pera ia. I muri i nga mea katoa, i kii a Affleck i roto i tana pou Facebook, e tuhi ana ko Gates "i whakaae ki ahau mo te rangatira pononga engari i hanga etahi atu whiringa kaore au i whakaae". A e toru atu nga tangata rongonui i whakaahuatia i runga i te raupapa o te tau kua hipa i whakaaturia he whanaunga ki nga rangatira pononga. No reira kaore pea...
E whakaae ana a Ben Affleck i tono ia ki te whakaaturanga PBS "Finding Your Roots" kia kaua e whakahua i tana tupuna rangatira pononga. E mea ana a Dean Obeidallah i tika te mahi a te kaiwhakaari me te whakaaturanga ki te waiho i te taipitopito.