The article below details a meeting between the author, his thirteen year old son, and the mother of Jordan Davis. This is the young man who was killed because of playing his music too loud. The outcome of the trial was outrageously wrong on so many levels.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/i-am-still-called-by-the-god-i-serve-to-walk-this-out/284064/
My heart aches for his parents, especially his mother.
She speaks with a grace that could only come from God.
As black parents, the burden we bear is a vital one, that is taken very seriously. That is, to educate and train our boys in survival skills so that they have a fighting chance to see adulthood.
The alternative is a burden no parent should have to endure.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/i-am-still-called-by-the-god-i-serve-to-walk-this-out/284064/
My heart aches for his parents, especially his mother.
She speaks with a grace that could only come from God.
As black parents, the burden we bear is a vital one, that is taken very seriously. That is, to educate and train our boys in survival skills so that they have a fighting chance to see adulthood.
The alternative is a burden no parent should have to endure.
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