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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI've never heard a @POTUS reference "the talk" in a #SOTU. My son texted me from his room...
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hlthe2b
(102,485 posts)It surely comes through that way to most who live it... At least I hope so.
lindysalsagal
(20,784 posts)Roc2020
(1,619 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,784 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(4,260 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,784 posts)3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)
full screen.
I laugh every time I see this.
El Mimbreno
(778 posts)Every time i see the brand name on my hair gel: Fructis.
70sEraVet
(3,530 posts)It is a great pic.
demmiblue
(36,909 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,538 posts)Danascot
(4,697 posts)President of all Americans!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,027 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,763 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)their children on how to treat others when they get into positions of power and influence. But then...
Jilly_in_VA
(10,041 posts)My daughter, who is married to a Puerto Rican, has kids and stepkids of all colors. Her husband took her to Puerto Rico back before Maria, and when they got back she said to me, "Well, now I know what my family looks like. It looks just like Puerto Rico!" One of her cousins-in-law expressed it with a meme that showed a picture of a similar bunch of folks. The caption read, "Ain't got time for racism, my family looks like THIS!" However, just like here, there is colorism in Puerto Rico *sigh*
Hope22
(1,902 posts)The young ones have many multi racial friends. When the girls got their licenses my friend gave them the talk. Her first rule was if you get pulled over you are the only one who speaks to the officer. Everyone else in the car was to stay quiet. She was so worried for all of their safety.
Evolve Dammit
(16,797 posts)ananda
(28,891 posts)Thanks for posting.
I was just thinking, I iagine there were many moist eyes and clogged throuats in the chamber for a while after he said that.
Solomon
(12,321 posts)Very very very much needed to be said in that kind of platform in these times. Stabbed the "anti-crt" thing they got going right in the eye.
As a black person, I thought it was glorious and extremely well done! Very happy he did that.
Marthe48
(17,086 posts)Not only The Talk that parents must give their dark-skinned children (thinking of adoptive parents as well) and then thought a little further, about The other Talk that we have to give to all of our daughters. not sure if there is a Talk for LGBTQ kids, but there should be.
Seems to me that parents of all children need to come up with a talk about to to treat all other people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion or sexual orientation.
People, families, have children they want. They don't have children to provide moving targets for guns and hate. Maybe if the U.S. was a less hateful place to live, more people would want to have kids. Who the hell wants to bring a life into this world with the expectation that if the body they get isn't a perfect match for white supremacist scaredy cats or out-of-control cops, the born human stands a good chance of being murdered?
pandr32
(11,637 posts)republianmushroom
(13,791 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)This is what leadership looks like.
This is what leadership feels like.
This is what leadership sounds like.
THIS IS LEADERSHIP.
Cha
(297,916 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,492 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,661 posts)ecstatic
(32,773 posts)Just like every cop when they pin on that badge in the morning has a right to be able to go home at night, so does everybody else out there.
Thank you President Biden!