Your baby: he looks so ethnic.
Jane Smith Hanford, CA Wheeling my infant son in his stroller through the local farmer’s market one Summer morning 23 years ago, this is the...
My son won’t be a victim.
Jevon Heyliger Washington, DC My son is 2 years old and I refuse to believe he’ll grow up on a world full of George Zimmermans....
My kids: one white, one brown.
Sarah Day, Waynesboro, VA I have an adopted child and a biological child. My son looks Hispanic, Arabic, you choose. I fear for him, have...
The Crime Of Walking While Black.
Shawn Vinson Norfolk, VA I am a Black woman and mother of four daughters. Honestly, I am grateful that I do not have a son....
Black life is not valued.
Patricia Jones Charleston, SC My husband and I are the parents of an 18-year-old son who just graduated from high school. As we raised him...
Yes, he is my biological son.
Naomi Raquel Enright Brooklyn, NY My father was Jewish-American of Eastern European ancestry and my mother is from Guayaquil, Ecuador of African, Spanish, and Native...
“Mom, am I black?”
David Denver, CO Four words that chill my heart. We had adopted our biracial son when he was 15 months. Now, at four years old,...
White Mom, Black Son, barbershop revelations
Kathy Osborne Greensboro, NC Trans-racial adoption has given me new eyes regarding race. I am Caucasian, my son is multi-racial but appears black to the...
That wouldn’t happen to my son
Anne Palmer-Stein San Rafael, CA I read an article in the newspaper about a 19 year old African American youth (my white son’s age at...
I don’t worry about my son.
Janet Newcity Chapel Hill, NC My son is the same age as Trayvon. I never am afraid that anyone will see him as a threat....
Will this happen to my son?
Rebecca Henson Fredericktown, MO Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
He could have been MY son
Crystal Senter Brown Author Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation After hearing about Treyvon Martin, all I could think was:”He could have been MY...
