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What I mean is that multivariable statistics have to be interpreted in full scope, but they cherry-pick the race variable and project that as the only variable that matters. Of course, they didn't care to talk about the demographics of similar incidents in India, Japan and many other places that have to deal with that phenomenon and they didn't care to deconstruct the data they had. For example, the last episode I saw connects hurricanes to 'white privilege' because non-white people suffered more in an incident in Puerto Rico. This kind of approach is tiresome and often innacurate. The format is nice, the imagery is nice, but they often engage in needless social argumentation, and it's always leaning towards the post-modernist discourse.

I've found this series to be too political. A documentary or report should not, however, aim to convince an audience using coercive language, unethical reporting, and motivated testimony to support the conclusion drawn or thesis or presented to be true. These episodes are much closer to a coercive essay or even propoganda, leading the audience to believe the opinion of the new-age narrative to be fact, rather than reporting on all perspectives and data leaving the conclusions to the audience.īe weary if you leave the show feeling convinced of something documentaries should educate and inform an audience, using ethical reporting and unbiased opinions without presenting a conclusion so that the audience can reach conclusions or opinions of their own. Some of these episodes however, rely on socially motivated testimony, anecdotal evidence, and pop-culture pseudoscience to convince the audience of one point of view or perspective. A documentary is made to educate, using scientific data and ethical, unbiased reporting.

This show can be informative, and educational, but some episodes are clearly socially motivated and coercive.