When They Saw Them: A Show That Struck the Nation

       When we are young, we have zero cares in the world. We play with who we want without regard to skin color, gender, religion, and race. It's our own person who first introduces us to the pain the world has in store for us or vice versa they introduce us to the hatred that we will have for the world. If it is not hate for the world that a child of color has, then it is hate for the child of color that the world has. Our society needs change. And there was one show that touched the topic and opened the eyes of the nation. "When They See Us." This show hit nerves that no one wanted to touch. A woman, Linda Fairstein, made a mistake. A mistake that cost 5 boys their youth and their faith. She had no leads in a case and decided to pin it on 5 boys she thought, "were likely" to commit this type of crime. She saw the perfect opportunity in these suspects because they were readily available. Fairstein used a known broken system against 5 boys to benefit her. Instead of wanting to put a man away who had hurt several women before Trisha Meili, she wanted to win a case by any means necessary. These boys were coerced into admitting to a crime they didn't commit. "Why admit to it," many people said. These boys were afraid, they were afraid because they had been taught to be afraid when around law enforcement. Oprah was also touched by this show. Winfrey interviewed the cast of "When They See Us" and the actual Exonerated 5. One of the cast members, Joshua Jackson who played Mickey Joseph-the defense attorney for Antron Mccray, said in the interview, "What I did learn about the justice system, is that it's the wrong name for it." In our society, everyone is trying their best to do right. We simply can not try, we have to do.