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New series "Them" pushes the limit in depicting racial violence


The sun shines brightly on the handsome homes and pristine lawns lining Palmer Drive in Compton, but a closer look reveals that it’s anything but a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Strung up in front of the home, newly occupied by the Emory family, are “pickaninny” dolls — the dominant historical caricature of Black children. The N-word has been burned into the front lawn. The symbols come courtesy of local white residents, a message to the newcomers — the only Black family on the block — that they are not welcome.
The plight of the Emory family is at the center of Amazon’s new anthology series “Them,” partly inspired by the Great Migration, when millions of Black families oppressed by the racism of the Jim Crow South relocated to the West, Northwest and Midwest. Set in 1953, the series follows the fictional Emorys, who have journeyed from North Carolina to settle in Compton, which at the time was dominated by whites, a sharp ....

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Lena Waithe faces backlash for racial violence in new Amazon series 'Them'


Emmy-winning black producer and screenwriter Lena Waithe faces backlash for fueling hate crime fantasies with extreme racial violence in new Amazon series Them
New horror series Them tells the fictional story of a black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Compton, LA in the 1950s
The Emory family aim to escape the Jim Crow South during the Great Migration
They soon find themselves facing the peril of both supernatural forces and racism from their new white neighbors who scorch the n-word into their lawn
It was created by Little Marvin and Lena Waithe and released on Amazon Prime Video Friday ....

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