Cynthia, I agree with your point of view. From the moment Nya, School Resource Officer Dun and Laurie enter the break room It took all I had not to talk back to the characters. It was not lost on me that Nya upheld the unseen teachers actions and expectations of Omari. That she a Black woman, a Black mom wanted to hold the status quo in place and not hear to understand what Omari was telling her speaks to the white supremacist soup that we have all been simmering in. I was beyond frustrated that Nya could not/would not? until the end admit what was facing Omari and why he blew up. It is the same frustration I encounter by adults in the workplace facing a system that was never meant for them and definitely a system not meant for black and brown bodies to excel. I agree wholeheartedly with the following: Finally, shift the dominant narrative in order to highlight the complex conditions that circumscribe the choices, emotions, and stories of these young men of color -- who are already caught up in a system in which they are victims, not perpetrators, of violence. And help clear the path, so that they can write their own stories, on their own terms, and in their own unique voices.