This episode shows and highlights the level of racism that any person of colour faces due to racial profiling.
The negative reviews display and highlights it too.
A young man heading off to college, with his proud mother.
The pair have a video camcorder, which seems to have an ability to rewind time as they go through different events as they journey towards the college the son is due to attend but each route ending negatively.
The duo are hounded by a police officer who seems to turn up in every scenario, the mother is the only one that is aware that the camera can in fact turn back time.
The mother eventually explains what is happening to the son after one of the events ends up with him being shot dead by said officer.
She takes an impromptu route to her brothers, who she has not seen for years and the real story starts to unfold.
Fear.
Guided by her brother, the trio take an underground route to reach the college.
Just as they come out of the underground tunnels, they head towards the gates of the college.
At the crowded gates the three edge their way towards the gates and the officer shows up again, calling on the three to stop.
The mother gathers up courage, with her brother by her side.
The officer has his gun drawn ready to shoot, at this point 2 other police vehicles turn up, they come out with guns drawn.
The mother confronts the officer stating the clear fear they all seem to have with people of colour being educated, whilst the crowd films the event.
This episode is very powerful and highlights the fear that racists have about people of colour being educated and making a positive stamp on the world.
We are all human and deserve to be educated without fear of uneducated racists.
This for me is powerful as it shows people of authority abusing their power and displaying fear and using it literally as a weapon. The college displays how all humankind needs to be educated to realise that all humans fundamentally want the same thing, to be productive for their future and have a real chance in life.
We all deserve life without profiling. We all deserve a life full stop.
Black/Brown people shouldn't be oppressed, it's gone on too long... but the Police Officers fear displays everything and says a lot.
What white racists fear... not being a superior... hence why oppression is still continued around the world. Systemic racism rather than acceptance and the actual joining of the human race.
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