Makena: See Me, Hear Me, Know Me

One Cold Day

After school one day, Amari and Makena realize they both forgot their house key, and the spare is gone too because Amari used it another day she forgot her key. They split up and try to go around the house to find an open window or door; it’s cold outside!

And then suddenly, two cops run up telling them to drop everything and put their hands up. Makena, stunned, obliges, but Amari freezes. Apparently the cops got a report of two Black women breaking into a house. But they’re surprised when they realize Amari and Makena are just children.

Suddenly, Jerome and Stella run up, exclaiming that the two criminals are the residents of the house! Stella takes the girls back to her home to wait for their parents. As they walk down the street, they see an unknown man standing with his arms crossed in his driveway.

That evening, after the girls’ parents pick them up, they learn that the man who was in the driveway was the man who called the cops. He didn’t realize the two girls he saw were the residents of the house, and just assumed they were criminals breaking in because they were Black.