My 11 yo asks why anyone would support "horrible horrible" Trump.
And I tell him it's because a lot of white people are racist. They may tell themselves its about other things, but really it's about that. And how its our responsibility to try and make things better.
And I tell him it's because a lot of white people are racist. They may tell themselves its about other things, but really it's about that. And how its our responsibility to try and make things better.
And that we all—at least adults—have racist impulses sometimes because we're raised in a racist society. And we have to fight that inside ourselves too.
If black and brown families have to have "the talk" to try and keep their kids safe the least we white parents can do is try to have the analog, early and often.
