Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” stirred interesting conversations.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead.
We recently reported on the release Ava DuVernay’s limited series When They See Us. The show, which aired this past Friday, revisited the series events which involved five wrongfully accused Black & Brown youth then known as the Central Park Five. Teenagers Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise were wrongfully accused brutally raping a Central Park jogger during the late 1980s. Their long and enduring fight led to their exonerations in 2002, yet the youth still suffered in the aftermath. The series attempted to grasp all the related events in its entirety and did so wonderfully. Evidently, considering how tragic the story is, the Netflix Original sparked an array emotions on social media.
Twitter users ensured to mentally prepare for what they were about to watch. And the latter is expected because the stories the Central Park Five youth remains a very sad and tragic one. Moreover, Ava DuVernay had for aim to open up the conversation surrounding the treatment minorities at the hands police as well as their experiences in the justice system. While the miniseries sparked anger in some, it led to sadness in the other. As such, here is a compilation the reactions from the tragic show.