Black Man Kidnaps Woman And Forces Her To Watch The Roots

A man kidnapped a woman to teach her about racism by forcing the victim to watch the ABC miniseries, "Roots."

The Iowa man took things too far in his efforts to capture an audience by physically kidnapping the unidentified woman to teach her" about race relations.

The 52-year-old Robert Lee Noye forced the lady to watch the 1977 renowned miniseries and was later arrested as reported by media outlets.

Noye probably kidnapped the woman in February as a part of the black history month theme, hence the need to emphasize the current racism.

Details about the kidnapped woman's name and the background story have yet to be released.

Noye carried out his bizarre act and held the woman captive at a house in the 700 block of Second Avenue SW.

The complaint stated Robert threatened the woman when she tried to leave, telling her that she should watch the film with him or else he would kill her.

Noye threatened that he would spread the woman's remains across Interstate-380, which goes to Chicago if the kidnapped victim did not sit and watch "Roots" with him.

Robert was arrested on Monday and will be facing charges of kidnapping and first-degree harassment.

Robert's act of Social Justice education is seen as the work of a misguided social justice warrior.

"Roots–the Saga Of An American Family" is the titular tale from novelist Alex Haley about the life of a Gambian born young man kidnapped from Africa and sold as a slave in America in the 1700s.

The novel was subsequently turned into a TV series. The first one was in 1977, and there was a recent remake in 2016, which was aired on the History Channel.

Roots - the tale of Kunta Kinte is a multi-generational tale that takes the audience through the life of the slave to his great-grandchildren who participated in the American civil war fighting for freedom.

Levar Burton famously played the role of Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries.

The miniseries "Roots" would go on to receive thirty-seven Emmy nominations, a feat unheard of at the time, and would win nine of the nominations.

The famed TV series received massive positive reviews that fueled the sale of the novel, and the TV series generated renewed interests in genealogy and family histories.

Alex Haley won a Pulitzer Prize special award in 1977 for the novel.