"I don't know any black parents that don't have the talk with their child," said Tiffany Russell, 26. Glen Henry, a black father of four, spoke less to his two oldest children -- ages five and seven -- about how they carried themselves, focusing more on what they were likely to encounter. Henry convinced her that recent events justified putting racism on the table with "children who should not have to learn this." After publishing an essay on Law.com about speaking to black children about the trials they will face, West said he received hundreds of mostly supportive messages. Especially white men, according to West, told him that "what I had expressed never occured to them and that they were going to have that version of the talk with their children."

Source: Bangkok Post June 07, 2020 01:41 UTC