WELCOME BACK IT IS A TALK MANY
WHITE PARENTS WOULD NEVER
IMAGINE HAVING TO HELP WITH
THEIR KIDS AS EARLY AS THIRD
GRADE.
HAVING TO TALK ABOUT RACE WITH
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD IS A REALITY
FOR BLACK PARENTS AND SOMETIMES
YOUNGER.
AND IT HAS BEEN FOR
GENERATIONS.
BUT IN ORDER FOR ALL OF OUR
LIVES TO MATTER RACE SHOULD NOT
BE SOMETHING ONLY BLACK PARENTS
ARE DISCUSSING WITH THEIR
PCHILDREN.
HERE IS MORE OF MY CONVERSATION
FROM THREE MOTHERS SHARING
THEIR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF WHITE
FRIENDS REACH OUT TO ME FELT
GOOD INTENT.
TO SAY HOW ARE YOU DOING.
AND WHAT CAN I DO.
AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO THINK WHAT CAN THEY DO?
WHAT CAN THEY DO?
>> Woman: I COULD TELL YOU.
>> Kimberly: WHAT CAN THEY DO?
>> Man: THEY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE IT
IS HAPPENING EVEN THOUGH THEY
DO NOT SEE IT.
UNLESS YOUR KNOWLEDGE SOMETHING
EXISTS YOU DO NOT SEE IT.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT
HAVE PROXIMITY TO RACIST ACTS
OR AGGRESSIONS. THAT MAYBE WE CAN ARTICULATE.
THAT MAYBE WE CAN ARTICULATE.
THEY HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS
HAPPENING.
THEN THEY HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING
THEY HAVE TO STAND UP.
IT IS NO LONGER OKAY TO SAY I
AM NOT RACIST BUT NOT STAND UP TO RACISM.
TO RACISM.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE SILENT THESE
DAYS, KIMBERLY.
NEEDS TO BE COMPLICIT. IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO STAND
IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO STAND
UP AGAINST POOR LANGUAGE, POOR
BEHAVIOR, THAT INFLUENCE YOU
ARE NOT READY TO DO THE WORK.
THAT WILL MAKE OUR COUNTRY
BETTER.
THE WAY WE CAN HELP OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE FOR MOMS AND DADS TALK
ABOUT IT. TO MAYBE WHITE COUNTERPARTS IS
TO MAYBE WHITE COUNTERPARTS IS
SAYING THIS IS MY REALITY.
I CANNOT WEAR A HOODIE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
DOWN THE STREET.
I WAS WALKING DOWN IS.
I SAID YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR
HOODIE UP IN YOUR SKIN COLOR
RECOGNIZES YOU I HEATED TELL
HIM THAT AT 12 YEARS OLD BUT THAT IS HOW IT IS.
THAT IS HOW IT IS.
>> IT IS NOT JUST CLOTHES FOR
SUBPOENAS INNOCENT AS A BIKE
RIDE MAKES THEM SCARED FOR THE
FRONT SLIDES.
>> PRIME EXAMPLE HIT A GOOD
FRIEND OF HIS ASKING IF HE
COULD BIKE RIDE AROUND TOWN.
THAT IS SOMETHING NORMAL THAT
IS SOMETHING I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO SAY SURE, HONEY YOU ARE 14
O FOR IT. I HESITATED.
I HESITATED.
AND I SAID YOU KNOW MAYBE NOT.
HOW ABOUT IF YOU DO SOMETHING
HERE SOCIAL DISTANCE OF COURSE.
AND DO SOMETHING HERE WHERE I KNOW YOU ARE SAFE.
KNOW YOU ARE SAFE.
THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS TO HELP WITH A
YOUNG BOY WHO JUST TRYING TO BE
A YOUNG BOY. >> WHEN THEY ARE SMALL YOU
>> WHEN THEY ARE SMALL YOU
COULD PROTECT THEM YOU ARE NOT
OUT WITHOUT YOUR OVERSIGHT AND PROTECTION.
AND SO WE DECIDED WE JUST ASIDE
FROM EXPLAINING TO A NEW DRIVER
ABOUT OBEYING THE RULES OF THE
WORLDâ€™S AND NO TEXTING WE HAD TO HAVE A VERY DETAILED
TO HAVE A VERY DETAILED
DESCRIPTION WITH HIM ABOUT HOW
TO BEHAVE IF YOU ARE EVER
STOPPED BY THE POLICE.
WE STARTED HIM NUMBER ONE
BEFORE E WAS EVEN WENT OUT TO
DRY.
YOU WILL ALWAYS PUT YOUR
REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF
INSURANCE OVER YOUR VISOR.
NOTHING IN THE GLOVE
DEPARTMENT.
WE DO NOT WANT YOU GOING
ANYWHERE NEAR THE CLUB
DEPARTMENT.
HAS TO CARRY HIS DRIVERS
LICENSE IN HIS WALLET THE HANDS
ON THE WHEEL.
CALLOUSLY THE PHONE OPEN.
BEFORE THE OFFICER COMES TO THE WINDOW.
AND I DO NOT BE QUITE.
THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO A FRIEND
OF MINE.
I DO NOT THINK THAT HAD TO HAVE
THAT SAME DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR SONS.
THEIR SONS.
BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO COME
HOME ALIVE.
>> MY CONVERSATION WILL
CONTINUE MONDAY AT 5:00.
YOU WILL HEAR WHAT THESE WOMEN
SAY IS CRITICAL IN IMPROVING
RACE RELATIONS.
MORE SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THEY
FEEL WHITE PARENTS CAN DO AND
NOW IS THE MOMENT FOR CHANGE.
THAT IS MONDAY.
>> Devin: THEY CLEARLY ARE
SPEAKING THEIR MINDS I WONDER
IF YOU FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO
GET TO THAT POINT THEY COULD BE
SO OPEN.
OR WAS THIS SOMETHING THEY WERE
EAGER TO SAY?
>> Kimberly: DEVIN I THINK YOU
WILL NOTICE.
WHEN THE DOCTOR IS NOT A LOT OF EMOTION.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NORMAL
TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE I HOPE YOU
WE WILL HAVE MORE I HOPE YOU