Name: How to raise a Black son in America
Uploaded: 2015-04-23T15:00:55Z
Duration: 5 min 3 s
Description: As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

Clint Smith: How to raise a Black son in America

How to raise a Black son in America

Raising a Black son in America intertwines love with fear, imparting lessons of survival in a landscape marked by racial prejudice.

Childhood's innocence is compromised under the weight of racial biases, where being Black means navigating a world ready to judge.

Affirming 'Black lives matter' is an essential step towards a world where every child can grow without fear, embodying their full humanity.