Husband, Daddy/Abba, Intl Businessman, Diplomat, 58th US Ambassador to Costa Rica, DWTS 2nd Place, IL/TN/NJ, Commanded to Pursue Justice- 🇮🇱🇺🇸
May 31, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
My mother had the “talk” with me when I became a teenager and I unfortunately had to have the talk with my son and daughters as well. Had to explain that they should not do “stupid” things anyway but make no mistake, unlike their white friends, they would not be given a “chance”
To just make a teenage mistake if they were stopped..and worse, they would likely confront a situation where they have done nothing wrong except being the “wrong” color of skin and need to make sure they did their very best to follow rules, commands, no sudden movements, hands
