'We like to think that we live in some sort of postracial America . . . we do not'
's safety outside their home and has talked to him about what to do if he's ever stopped by the police."I've got an almost 18-year-old son, and I've had to have this conversation with him," he explained."If you're stopped by the police, you are polite, you're quiet, you just say 'yes,' you say 'no,' you don't get belligerent.
For Craig, the most frustrating part about past movements is that no real change has taken place afterward."I think one of the things that's most frustrating is this happens, we have these conversations, people march, we pledge to do better, and then we move on," Craig explained."We haven't healed, we haven't done up some sort of comprehensive plan to actually do better, and then lo and behold, a few months pass, a couple years, and then something even worse happens.
"You want to build them up, but the world is the world, and it will strip away everything you've built them up with." "They looked at me and they were just like, 'Your little mom answers are not good enough,'" Sheinelle said. Then, she took the time to explain to her kids the circumstances surrounding George's death."Clara goes, 'Why would he do that? Why would he put his knee on the guy's neck?' And I said, 'Well . . .
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