'When They See Us' has given a face and a voice to men who were seen as faceless and voiceless for too long.
, the limited series on Netflix directed by Ava DuVernay. It focuses on the story of the “Central Park Five,” five Black and Latinx teenage boys who were convicted of raping and severely injuring a white woman in Central Park in 1989. Even though they were convicted of the crime and served time, they were all innocent. They were released from jail and their convictions vacated, but their lives were already irrevocably and traumatically altered.on Netflix. And for a very good reason.
While watching, I thought about all of the Black boys in my life. My nephews and my younger cousins. I constantly fear for their safety, and shows like this, that use painstaking detail to tell the story trigger that fear. I watched many scenes with bated breath, cringing and closing my eyes when it got to be too much.
But they’re not bad guys; they’re kids, victims of a system designed to fail them. They are Kevin Richardson, Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana Jr. and Antron McCray, five men who lost their childhoods on that April night. The New York City legal system robbed them of their youth, their prospects, and their chances to reach their highest potential. In spite of this, they have all thrived.
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