# Henry Louis Gates Jr on The No Agenda Show

Henry Louis Gates Jr comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from October 2011 to December 2016.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** October 2011 – December 2016
- **Related topics:** [Barack Obama](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/barack-obama.md), [Ben Affleck](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ben-affleck.md), [Don Lemon](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/don-lemon.md), [Finding Your Roots](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/finding-your-roots.md), [Genealogy](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/genealogy.md), [Harvard](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/harvard.md), [Pbs](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pbs.md), [Poverty](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/poverty.md), [Slavery](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/slavery.md), [The Root](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/the-root.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Ben Affleck, Finding Your Roots, Slave Owner Ancestry

- **Episode:** [882: Fact Check False](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/882-fact-check-false.md)
- **Published:** 2016-12-01
- **Time:** 2:06:39–2:09:46
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/882-fact-check-false/chapter/ben-affleck-finding-your-roots-slave-owner-ancestry.md

Leaked emails reveal that actor Ben Affleck pressured PBS producers to remove information about a slave-owning ancestor from his episode of Finding Your Roots. While the show's host, Henry Louis Gates Jr., initially resisted, the information was ultimately omitted from the broadcast. The hosts mock Affleck's selective pride in his Revolutionary War ancestry.

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### Racial Politics and the Economic Roots of Unrest

- **Episode:** [841: Summer of Chaos](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/841-summer-of-chaos.md)
- **Published:** 2016-07-10
- **Time:** 47:39–51:50
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/841-summer-of-chaos/chapter/racial-politics-and-the-economic-roots-of-unrest.md

The hosts argue that while the media focuses on race, the underlying issue driving national unrest is systemic poverty and the lack of economic opportunity. They revisit the 2009 Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrest as a turning point in the Obama administration's handling of racial issues. The discussion posits that both black and white poor communities were victims of the 2008 real estate and banking scams.

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### The Root Publication and Henry Louis Gates Jr.

- **Episode:** [351: Home for the Holidays](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/351-home-for-the-holidays.md)
- **Published:** 2011-10-27
- **Time:** 2:18:53–2:20:29
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/351-home-for-the-holidays/chapter/the-root-publication-and-henry-louis-gates-jr.md

"The Root," an online publication partially owned by the Washington Post, was founded by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates is famously known for having a "beer summit" with President Obama following a controversial arrest. Some suggest the publication's close relationship with the White House is a form of political "quid pro quo" for Gates' support.

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