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another son, Akim Shklyaro, 2. "Sometimes I get really
pissed off. Sometimes I don't want to do it. I feel like
I'm crushing some sort of potential in him." "The talk" is
one of several tips parents of all races hope will
prepare and protect their children from danger,
according to Gerald Koocher, a psychology professor
at Simmons College. "
The talk is probably going to be surprising to white
Americans," he said. "The one that most closely aligns
is don't take candy from a stranger or don't go
anywhere with a stranger." When Steve Baker, who is
white, decided to talk to his two half­-black sons, now
25 and 20, he admits he struggled to understand their
place in society. He relied on his black wife, Pamela,
and friends he made through an interracial family
group to learn about what his sons may encounter.
"There are certainly instances where they were
identified by simply what they look like and perceived
as a threat and ran into negative behavior based on
that," said Baker, a university administrator who lives
in Minneapolis. "
There's real danger for young men of color in our
society. ⦠As a white person, I didn't grow up having to
think about that." Others also struggled. Trayvon's
case led Melinda Anderson to talk to her son Colin, 11.
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Both are black. Anderson had focused on making sure
her son was successful in school and exposed to
various cultures. Race wasn't at the forefront of her
mind until Trayvon's case made her see her son as a
potential victim. She took Colin to a Trayvon rally in
Washington, D.C., and explained how she believes
race played a part in Trayvon being deemed
"suspicious."
But, she's not teaching him to fear the police or expect
racism at every step in his life, said Anderson, 48, a
writer who lives in Silver Spring, Md. "I don't want to
raise him to feel like he has to get out his 20 item
checklist on how to be a black teenager," she said.
"That's not the way I want him to live." Still, she said,
there is a sense of hopelessness as she learns more
about Trayvon's death. "I don't think I could prevent
him from being another Trayvon Martin," she said.
Tracy Martin, who maintains that his son was targeted
because of his race, said he told the teen prejudices
could lead to danger. "He knew that this type of thing
did happen," Martin said of his son. "He knew to be
aware of this type of atmosphere and that this
atmosphere did exist."
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