Understanding the Misunderstood takes a deep dive into the history of “squeegee kids” in Baltimore City and how the past parallels with the present. We not only get to see why Corey Thompson, a 13-year-old enterprising entrepreneur, takes to the streets to clean car windows to help support his 28-year-old mother and three young siblings, but we get to see how Corey and other squeegee kids are able to persevere in a city that has left minorities oppressed for decades. We also see how the murder of Timothy Reynolds—a motorist killed in an altercation with a squeegee kid in July 2022– leaves a dark cloud over the world of squeegeeing in Baltimore.