“He can walk outside and nobody has to know he’s a cop. But black mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, and children? When the hate becomes too much or too hard, they don’t get to change their skin tone. They shouldn’t have to want to, but they are feared for simply existing.”
‘He gets to come home every night and take off his badge, his vest, his weapons. That choice is a PRIVILEGE.’: Cop’s daughter powerfully explains why ‘black lives matter’
‘My daughter’s friends told her they don’t like ‘those’ people. I’ve witnessed parents make their children leave the playground when my Black son showed up.’
“I can’t believe I was blind to this for so long. I know this makes my white friends uncomfortable. I am embarrassed it took my child being treated poorly for me to listen. But what I now know, I can’t unknow.”
‘For us, he was only ever our son. Not our black or adopted son. Even though most folks find him adorable right now, they might feel differently when he dates their daughters.’ Mom adopts black child, hopes for more acceptance for his future
“A neighbor at a playgroup asked all the kids to go around the room and say what color they were. They all laughed when it was Eli’s turn. He said he was white, like everyone else did. They made sure he left knowing he wasn’t.”
