{"id":15217,"date":"2012-03-24T06:30:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2012-03-24T06:30:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T13:30:06","slug":"life-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=15217","title":{"rendered":"Life Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Had a conversation with kid #1 (12 years old), about how to handle himself if he\u2019s been stopped by the cops, or someone like Zimmerman. Somewhere in the middle of explaining how to protect his head & neck if a cop decided to kick his ass (happened to my husband when he was 13), and how to respond if a cop calls him a nigger (happened to me at 12) I had this sudden ridiculous urge to start screaming. I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I kept talking to him, and he mentioned racist kids at his school & how there\u2019s one teacher who lets them get away with it, but who threatens to write him up if he says anything back. And I asked him if he wanted us to get involved & he said no because he\u2019d already handled it. How did he handle it? He told the teacher to go ahead & write him up and then they could all talk to the principal about the things she lets kids say to him. She left him alone after that so he doesn\u2019t want me to come wreck shit.<\/p>\n

Which\u2026says a lot about my kid & about our family I guess, but the reality is that it\u2019s good that he\u2019s learning to defend himself against the system. And shit like that is why we stay in cities & don\u2019t live in suburbs. My parents moved me to burbs in high school, and it was a lot more than one teacher turning a blind eye to racism. I don\u2019t have any answers for other parents of young black males. None. I\u2019m muddling through & hoping that this can all be life lessons he never needs to use.<\/p>\n

But, his 19 year old cousin is planning to come over & talk to him about dealing with the cops because he\u2019s been there and done that. And I just\u2026we\u2019re passing down through the generations life lessons on how to handle\/avoid police brutality because it\u2019s just that necessary. And people want to claim that America is post racial, or racism isn\u2019t widespread. How many individual acts does it take to make up a system? How many beatings, rapes, & deaths will it take for that system to be acknowledged by everyone?<\/p>\n

Life Lessons<\/a> — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Had a conversation with kid #1 (12 years old), about how to handle himself if he\u2019s been stopped by the cops, or someone like Zimmerman. Somewhere in the middle of explaining how to protect his head & neck if a cop decided to kick his ass (happened to my husband when he was 13), and […]<\/p>\n

Life Lessons<\/a> — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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