Could the Police Kill Me, Too My Young Son Asked Me 2020 06 20
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One study from 2014 found that a group of mostly white, female college students overestimated the age of black boys by an average of four and a half years. A co-author of the study, Matthew Christian Jackson, said that for black children, this can mean they lose the protection afforded by assumed childhood innocence well before they become adults. Without the protective shield of whiteness, our children are forced to grow up faster. When childhood pastimes like playing with toy guns or adolescent follies like jumping a subway turnstile or mouthing off to a police officer can turn deadly in an instant, we cant afford to encourage our children to stay children a little longer. For many black parents the transition from childhood to adolescence is marked by the Talk, when we explain to our children how to stay safe, especially when confronted by the police. I didnt expected to have it for another couple of years. One of black parents most difficult balancing acts is protecting our children while empowering them to protest. It requires an incredible amount of maturity from our children, too. My son experienced his first instance of racism in first grade at his public school in a leafy part of Boston. As the taunts continued, he only became more politicized. Halfway through third grade, his teacher told me that he was taking a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance. Fortunately, she defended him when a classmate harassed him for protesting. But by the end of the school year, I decided it was time to move back to upstate New York where my son had spent his early years. He needed to be surrounded by a loving community he could also turn to for support. For young black children in America, community is more than comfort its a lifeline. What my son has gone through in the past couple of weeks feels different than the everyday racism that is built into the fabric of black childrens lives. Rather than being a part of his childhood,
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