THE HULU SERIES DRAMA DEPICTING THE EMMITT TILL STORY OF THE 1950s RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE BY WHITE SUPREMACY HATE CRIMES MAY OR MAY NOT TRIGGER SOME AFRICAN AMERICANS TODAY IN 2022. THE SPAN OF ELAPSED TIME OF SUCH TRAUMATIC RACIAL TERROR CAN TRIGGER SOME HEAVY EMOTIONAL PAIN EVEN TODAY FOR SOME OLDER BLACK PEOPLE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CURRENT FACTORS: I.E., SPAN OF TIME; E.G., POVERTY, SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, LACK OF ONE OR BOTH PARENTS, FAMILIAL DISCONNECT, ETC. SUCH FACTORS MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS TO RELATE, EMPATHIZE WITH, OR FEEL AN ANCESTRAL CONNECTION WITH SAID HISTORICAL EVENTS. IRONICALLY, POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME DOES NOT REQUIRE FAMILIARITY TO HAVE A DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON CURRENT RACISM EXPERIENCED BY CONTEMPORARY BLACK AMERICANS: BECAUSE WE SIMPLY JUST CAN’T RELATE TO OUR PAINFUL PAST DOES NOT ALLEVIATE CURRENT RACIAL DISPARITY IN ALL ITS SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS.