'I tried to watch 'When They See Us.' I couldn't even get past the trailer. ... I remember what it's like to be a young black man on the other end of a police officer's suspicious stare. And I've got a teenage son now,' writes CNNDoug
As scenes from director Ava DuVernay's new Netflix miniseries about the Central Park Five flashed across my screen, I felt sick. Maybe it was the all-too familiar images of young black men in police custody and on trial. Maybe it was the parade of weeping mothers and anguished fathers. Or maybe it was my own memories of negative encounters with the police.I remember what's it's like to be a young black man on the other end of a police officer's suspicious stare.
Some have even compared the reaction to"When They See Us" to the response many African Americans had to the TV miniseries"Roots," which brought the horrors of slavery to millions of living rooms in 1977.Ewoldsen, the film professor, told me human beings are hardwired to be moved by what we see on screen."We are a visual species," he said."We show incredibly fast reactions to visual images."Ava DuVernay's miniseries debuted Friday on Netflix.
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