'I knew a day would come when the world would stop viewing him as 'cute' and see him as a threat,' former PEOPLE editor Ericka Souter wrote
A mother of two is opening up about the heartbreaking reality of raising black sons in America after her then-9-year-old experienced racism firsthand during a summer camp field trip in New York City.that she was forced to talk with her son Lex about the "bias and brutality black boys and men face every day" following a racist incident outside of a Broadway theater in midtown Manhattan.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
Though Lex was "startled," Souter said he didn't fully understand the impact of the situation, which prompted her to have "the talk" with him — a discussion that she said she didn't necessarily want to have, but knew was necessary to keep her son safe. Souter said she was jealous of every parent who didn't "have to consider doing this" or feel a sense of fear "when their child walked out the door in a hoodie."
Some of those topics she discussed with Lex included recognizing that he may be followed by security when he enters a store, being less "mischievous" than his white friends to prevent himself from potentially getting shot, and understanding that if he has to interact with police officers, to keep his hands out of his pockets and refrain from making sudden movements.
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