![]() ![]() ![]() We need you to pull up and be an activist when we are too. How can we make sure that another mother does not have to bury her unarmed black son like the mothers of the brilliant black boys below:Ĭan you raise your child not to fear my son’s black skin?Ĭan you become an advocate and stand with mothers of black sons, to fight for justice? I wish I didn’t have to have this conversation with my brilliant son. I don’t want to see his innocence stripped away from him as I tell him about this cruel reality that he may soon face. ALSO… Police are 3x more likely to kill a black person over a white person knowing that black people are 1.3x more likely to be unarmed compared to white people.AND… Police killed 1,099 people in 2019 and black people were 24% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population.Black people are most likely to be killed by police officers.I know I will have to share facts when having this conversation so he will understand how serious this is. The talk about how it doesn’t matter how good of a person he is, how smart he is, how caring he is, that he is still a black person in America and black people are seen as scary to white people and police officers. You know “the talk” that I am referring to… I guess it’s time to have “the talk” with Romeo. Worried that he will be the next hashtag of an unarmed black boy dead due to a white person’s fear and ignorance. Worried that I won’t be able to protect him from those that fear him. How much time? Could my son be seen as threatening today? Tomorrow? I am so worried. Maybe 5 years? No… that can’t be right either because Tamir Rice was an unarmed black boy killed at the age of 12 for just playing with toys in the park. Maybe 10 years? No… that can’t be right because Trayvon Martin was an unarmed black boy killed at the age of 17 for just wearing a hoodie. Maybe 20 years? No… that can’t be right because AhmaudArbery was an unarmed black boy killed at the age of 24 for just going on a daily jog. This is a question I constantly ask myself. ![]() How much longer do I have before my 8-year-old son grows from cute to a threat? Not only because I want to cherish these sweet moments of his childhood, but also because I know that it’s only a matter of time before I can no longer protect this beautiful black boy from the ignorant people that will see him as a weapon of mass destruction only because of his skin color. The sheer amount of melanin in his skin will make him a threat in a short amount of time. Even though, my black baby boy may hate violence, may not believe in carrying weapons or even fighting. It is like a big countdown from when your child grows from this cute little person into a threatening weapon. When we are out and about, I constantly get compliments about how cute and adorable my Romeo is …but soon those “cute” compliments will fade and none of the aforementioned will matter because he is BLACK. When he smiles, his sweet little eyes disappear in his cheeks and his smile becomes so contagious that you can’t help but smile back at him. He has this beautiful dark curly hair that always smells like coconut. His name is Romeo and I love him very much. I am the mother of a brilliant eight-year-old boy. ![]()
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