![]() ![]() The foreword of the book says, “There are myriad versions of ‘The Talk’ because there are myriad ways to be human.”Īmong the stories in “The Talk,” is one by Adam Gidwitz, a white father who tells his daughter that her beloved grandfather, who owned a store, built the family’s wealth by taking the homes of Black sharecroppers who owed him money. “We’ve all had the talk with our parents, and we had the talk with our children,” Cheryl Hudson said.īut a conversation the Hudsons had with authors they worked with on their previous anthology, “We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices,” encouraged them to also consider the important must-have talks parents of all races and ethnicities have with their children. ![]() Since the May 25 killing of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, there has been a public conversation about “the talk” Black parents give to their children, warning them to be particularly careful when they are away from home because they may be stopped by a police officer with hostile views toward Black people. We’re hoping parents will read this book to their children and that it might help them give their own talks.” “We wanted to spotlight the variety of conversations and talks that parents and caregivers have to have with their children. ![]() ![]() “We often think only Black people need to have ‘The Talk,’” Wade Hudson said. ![]()
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