This is a gut-wrenching quote.
“I am faced with a situation that you really cannot speak about and manage as a parent, as you feel that you should as a citizen,” Tucker said.
Keith Pemberton, a social worker from High Point, N.C., is a member of Omega Psi Phi — a historically black fraternity with more than 700 chapters worldwide — and the father of three boys, ages 11, 8 and 6.
“My wife and I really want to build into them a sense of possibility, of purpose. So, it is beyond disheartening for me to also have to say, ‘Boys, no matter how you dress, speak or interact with someone, there is still that possibility that you are going to be treated like a savage.’ But that is where we are. That’s what a responsible father just has to do.”
It shows how parenting with ACEs is more challenging for parents of color, and how for some children, regardless of their individual ACE score, the world can be and feel unsafe. To read the full piece, go here.
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