Valid points were made.
. So, I think for a lot of Black families, we don’t have the privilege of ignoring what’s going on and pretending that it’s not happening."Kerry has two kids, Isabelle and Caleb, with fellow actor and former NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha.
"The thing I've been thinking about a lot, honestly, with my kids — and with my friends' kids ... [is] education," she said."And a lot about talking about race and introducing ideas of race. And really thinking about the idea that for a lot of kids — kids are introduced to race at Black History Month or in the concept of change-makers like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks," she continued.
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