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Have you ever watched 3% on Netflix?

Not I haven’t 🤔 Honestly it didn’t seem like my type of show so I never gave it a chance.

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Dear White People Season 3 Posters

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Joelle Brooks is handling the radio show by herself, I DON’T WANNA SEE IT BEING BAD WITHOUT SAM, I WANNA SEE IT BE A SUCCESS OR IM FIGHTING! 

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Season 3 trailer of ‘Dear White People’. Premieres  August 2.

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Lionel Higgins in the Dear White People Season 3 Trailer

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Dear White People • Volume 3 • Poster

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Sooo... Y’all don’t really fuck with my reviews huh? Cause if y’all did somebody would’ve told me Dear White People’s season 3 trailer dropped 2 days ago!

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I may not have Insecure, but my summer will still be BLACK!

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When They See Us (2019) dr. Ava DuVernay

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Korey Wise, Raymond Santana,Kevin Richardson and Yusef Salaam and Antron Mc Cray.

#TheExoneratedFive #WhenTheyseeUs

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When they see us

One of the hardest shows I’ve ever watched. 4 episodes. 4. I had to stop watching multiple times! This show takes you on an emotional roller coaster. Please watch. Please. These stories. These stories about these kids! CHILDREN! They just wanted to hang out and their lives were ruined forever. Protect our black boys! Love our black boys! Teach our black boys! Central Park 5 took place in 1989. We’re still fighting in 2019! PROTECT OUR BLACK BOYS! LOVE OUR BLACK BOYS! TEACH OUR BLACK BOYS! LET BLACK BOYS BE CHILDREN!

Ava DuVernay you did that!

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🗣 Give Ava Duvernay & Jharrel Jerome ALL of the awards this upcoming season. ALL OF THEM!!!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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Based on a true story that gripped the country, When They See Us will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four part limited series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. Beginning in the spring of 1989, when the teenagers were first questioned about the incident, the series will span 25 years, highlighting their exoneration in 2002 and the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014. WHEN THEY SEE US - dir. Ava DuVernay

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Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise in When They See us (2019)

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I don’t think we should admit to something we didn’t do. -Okay, so we keep fighting When They See Us (dir. Ava DuVernay) streaming now on Netflix.

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Wilding: From Child to Super Predator

Super Predator is a title political leaders labeled young men of color as in the early 1990s as they focused on integrating policies that would go on to devastate and ravage Black and Brown communities for decades to come. Driven by misplaced racial stereotypes and hypocritical propaganda, the American judicial system and proctors of the law heinously intimidated, incriminated, and incarcerated thousands unjustly. Events such as the Rodney King Beating, Central Park Five Case, and California’s 3-Strike Laws resonated loudly and illuminated the deeply rooted sense of distrust between communities of color and law enforcement representatives across America. 

Ava DuVernay’s fact-based Netflix series, “When They See Us,” hit the streaming service on May 31 leaving viewers with a taste of reality.  Emotionally stimulating, When They See Us offered an unflinching look into the real circumstances surrounding the now vindicated Central Park Five. After extensively studying the flawed case, DuVernay accurately depicted the illegally manufactured events of April 1989. Thirty years ago, New York City police (NYPD) rounded up black teenagers and manipulated them along with their families and friends, using brutal tactics forcing them to develop a false narrative surrounding the rape of a white woman in New York’s Central Park. 

Unfortunately, scenarios such as the tragic events associated with the Central Park crime are too common. Korey Wise, one of the five young black men implicated in the Central Park Five case, was sixteen years old when everything unfolded. Guilty of nothing, he became guilty by association for deciding to accompany his friend, Yuseef Salaam, to the police station. After being convicted, Wise, who was 16, was charged as an adult for the crimes and placed into the adult prison system. In an interview with  CBS Sunday Morning, DuVernay said, “my goal was to humanize boys and now men who are widely regarded as criminals…and in doing that to invite the audience to reinterrogate everyone that they define as a criminal.” The title of her Netflix series also derives from in her words, “What do you see when you see black boys?”

Masterfully produced, When They See Us left viewers feeling raw and vulnerable. Many African-Americans who viewed the series felt even more connected to the characters citing the current climate in America toward people of color. One person #UnEdited spoke with stated, “Look at Donald Trump then and look at Trump now…still a racist bigot!” Referring to the full page ad Donald Trump took out in the New York Times calling for the death penalty for the Central Park Five. Jharrel Jerome, the actor that convincingly portrayed Korey Wise, said: “young black men in the street, strangers I don’t know but who are my brothers, I look at them and I’m like, I hope you’re safe, I hope you’re ok!” His words hit even closer to home because of the bias that still infects American culture. 

When They See Us gave a glimpse into the extent the criminal justice system would go to incriminate minorities. In the case of the Central Park Five, prosecutors ignored every fact to sell to the public children depicted as “animals” out “wilding” on the town looking for crime to commit. Ironically three decades later we still find ourselves deeper in a disproportionate fight against the criminal justice system and abuse of power.  Although the message has not changed, the voices are becoming bigger as we fight for equality. People like Colin Kaepernick and movements such as Black Lives Matter have become fixtures in bringing attention to corruption and misrepresentation.

When They See Us is needed more now than ever! Check it out and please feel free to express your thoughts surrounding this and any other issues we face.   

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Yay know that meme that tells you to block op because this thing in which they’re posting is the only thing they’re gonna talk about to the point that it’s gonna get on your damn nerves?

Yeah? Well insert that meme for me because this right, this is what we’re about to be centered on.

Some of you have seen me speak about this show but some of you may not so the rundown: Love @ First Night is a show featured on the YouTube platform via SlayTV. Written, directed and all that jazz by the Sean & Terry Torrington. The story is about Spencer - an A type personality who lets one of his friends talk him into relaxing, going with the flow and having fun for a night of partying. During this (birthday) party Spencer meets Jayden and they have this instant zing that eventually leads them into wanting to pursue a relationship (hence the title). Without spoiling anything - there are of course elements that complicate their pursuit of love and happiness. The piece gain popularity for its humor, relatability, and the representation it gives to black homosexual men - not only through character but also the themes and topic it chooses to touch on and the way they choose to handle them.

I won’t go into a full break down or review here because I actually plan on doing that on my review page @lil-miss-methodical. I’ll do season 1&2 together and then 3 separately when it comes out. The clip attached is a view into the minds of Jaden & Spencer for season 3 (o don’t recommend watching it until you’re seen season 1&2 because there are spoilers) I jut wanted to make y’all aware of the returning season and that a clip is out or just bring your attention to this slice of greatness if you’d never heard of it before.

They released the clip about 3 hours sho and I’ve been waiting on this, I found out like 2 months go that they were releasing season 3 this year and I have been ready ever since. It does release during my birthday month (September) so y’all have enough time to dive in, catch up, and get prepped.