But up until now, “Serial” hasn’t delved into the role that prejudice and biases played in Sayed’s conviction. “Serial” creator Sarah Koenig has peripherally discussed racial biases and assumptions about the story’s primary (real life) characters: Sayed, who is a Muslim American of Pakistani heritage, Lee, a first-generation Korean-American and Jay, the prosecution’s main witness, who is African-American. READ MORE: Obsessed with “Serial?” You’ll Love These Documentaries After what felt like an interminable break for Thanksgiving, “ Serial” returned this morning with its tenth episode, “The Best Defense Is A Good Defense.”Ĭoming just a day after a grand jury in Staten Island, NY failed to indict a while police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, in the murder of unarmed black man Eric Garner (despite videotapes which showed him using a choke hold on the man), it’s hard to separate current events from the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Sayed.
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