How Do I Explain America to My Black Son?

Very moving. Thanks.

Tamir Rice is the go-to? Out of all of these high-profile shootings by police, this is one I can't blame the officers for. Toy guns are brightly colored at the tip so they can be easily identified; whether it was Tamir Rice who painted over that or someone else it can't be denied that the gun looked real to parkgoers and police. Add to the fact that some kids in East Cleveland get involved in gang wars with firearms in their early teens, and the police were really

the confederate flag is the flag of a the southern battalion during the Civil War. it's not a symbol of racism. I as a Latino believe trump will do great things. we all just have to stop being sensitive and just work for a better tomorrow, giving each other a hand. let's leave everything in the last

vann!!!!!!

Don't forget to consider children from orphan trains.

Why are these people so stupid

Thank you for this. It saddens me to read the many ignorant comments below, and I hope they don't discourage. We need to hear more of these stories. We need to hear more truth.

amazing

I have a question...isn't America like a son of Britain, France, & Spain?

"This is who we are" The looked down upon, the oppressed, the exploited, the other. Racial history in this country really does effect the identities of us all. I believe someday we will all see one another as the same at a core level, and learn to embrace our differences in a synergistic, global love for all life.

i hate racist people

Everything in this video was alright except bringing up Jim Crow laws and slavery, since that hasn't been an issue for 50 years and your son won't experience that. I also get a "blame white people" vibe off of this.

Boi

Thanks for the touching video and best of luck to your family.

10 years from now we will be equal

What alot of people dont know is that welfare was created for White people,about 70% of whites are on welfare alot of immigrants and blacks are either to proud to accept govermant help..or dont know how get welfare.

I hate Donald trump

You did one thing wrong in this video.




Trump isn't white he's orange 🍊

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dude racism is about to be destroyed with the older generation as they fall and then they are following Martin Luther King message but Donald Trump election might get it started agin

Anyone who disliked this video is an asshole

I don't know whether to like the videos message or dislike what it talks about.

Man, when people talk about how good the protest were of people protesting against cops killing black people, I honestly cringe. I simply show them a clip of people vandalizing, robbing and destroying the local businesses that had no connection to the police killing the black man and just state "Yes, this is what a good protest looks like."

Where the hell are they ?? I call bullshit if there's confederate everywhere they go - I used to live in Texas and it's rare to see those flags

What does the Confederate flag have to do with anything

245 dislikes and most of the comments below prove one thing and one thing only: We still have a long ways to go before racism in America ends. When a black man is so criticized for not creating racial distinctions, but simply observing the ones that already exist, well, I just hope this next generation can make some much-needed progress.

this is beautiful, do not let the people who dislike, discourage.

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Wow america is really stuffed up

The only thing wrong with this video that I see is that you won't have to. Our country isn't how it used to be. Even if our current president is a mysogynistic load of bullshit, a lot of his demographic is not gonna be around in 10-20 years. Your kid won't have to deal with this when they're growing up because we as a country will have already grown up already. I, as a white person am not racist I'm also part of the next generation and nobody that I know is racist. You have nothing to worry about when he's growing up when it comes to racial issues.otherwise I wish to best of luck for your new kid.

"f0k white people"

So if I went on to become a Nazi and endorse you does that make you bad? Also what had Donald said that is xenophobic? He wants to stop illegal immigrants. And what racist thing has he said once?

Well, that is a very simple thing to do. Here is how you explain:
1. America is a nation of 50 states each with their own customs and identity.
2. America has a constitution, a document that cements particular laws so as to clearly define our values.
3. America is an idea primarily in which we recognize the content of people's character above the state of their birth.

Cough cough** Trump cough cough**

The thing about Trump and being endorsed by the KKK, yeah cause you can totally deside who like you and who don't? Plus who is it that has friends inside the KKK?

Remain upset on your lens of hypocrisy

Powerful, thanks.

Newkirk is an angry man who faces backward, into the past. Recognizance is necessary, but so is healing. I hope you show your son how to look into the future - his path is there.

Tell him it’s the greatest country in the world and that if he works hard and doesn’t play the victim game, he will be accepted and successful.

Tell him CRT and transgender ideology is to much for his young brain. Tell him you want him to tell you if anyone at school approaches him about race, gender or anything else that doesn’t have to do with basic education, to report it to you, because as his father, you must let him know you are there to protect him.

Let him know that white people and the police are not his enemies.

Let him know that Jim Crow came from the Democrats and most of all, don’t let him listen to this video.

Tell your black son he is most likely to be killed by someone of his own race. And tell him white people will probably help him in life. And don't listen to his father cause he ignores stats and brings up things that happen so long ago his father wasn't even alive. You should tell him to be a hard worker and respectable human being you grifter. Ps this is getting old n tired.