How to raise a Black son in America

Name: How to raise a Black son in America
Uploaded: 2015-04-23T15:00:55Z
Duration: 5 min 3 s
Description: As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

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Clint Smith |

TED2015

• March 2015

As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

social change
poetry
race
spoken word
equality

How to raise a Black son in America

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