.ReeseW is encouraging parents to discuss racism with their kids following the death of George Floyd.
her youngest child, 7-year-old Tennessee
, and she shared the experience in an Instagram post on Thursday, recognizing the effect these tragedies have on people of color in particular. "Being a white mother trying to explain racism and bigotry to her white son, who did not understand why anyone would treat another human being that way, was heartbreaking," Reese wrote in."But not nearly as heartbreaking as being a victim of one of these senseless, violent, unconscionable crimes. Not nearly as heartbreaking as being one of the families who have experienced loss and harassment and discrimination daily.
went on to describe how growing up in the church, it was hard for her to understand how people could commit such awful crimes against others after being taught that"we were all the same in the eyes of God" — and she doesn't want her kids, or any kids for that matter, to experience that."We have to be held accountable for what is happening in this country," Reese wrote.
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