'Is it safe for me to go outside, and will a police officer harm me because of the color of my skin?' a 7-year-old girl asked
Is it safe for me to go outside , and will a police officer harm me because of the color of my skin?” asked a 7-year-old girl named Lila, while a 7-year-old boy named Marvin added, “If a police officer is supposed to serve and protect people, why would he hurt me because of the color of my skin?” “We got so many questions like that, it’s so heartbreaking,” Van Jones said, turning to former Washington, D.
C., Police Chief Charles Ramsey, to address the topic in depth. Although Ramsey acknowledged that police officers “are there to help...the reality is people are out there demonstrating right now because there are a few police officers that don’t always act the way we’d like them to act andHe then went on to explain that if they should ever see an officer doing “something that’s not right,” it’s important to immediately “let a grown-up know.” When asked by a 9-year-old named Paityn, whether he thought Floyd’s death would “change the way people behave when they encounter black men like my dad,” the former police chief said that he was hopeful about the future. “That’s an excellent question and I certainly hope so. We don’t often remember that it doesn’t take much to really change the world. I think about what happened back in the 1950s where there was a black woman on the bus one day who refused to give up her seat to a white man. That led to the Civil Rights Movement. And it was because of the Civil Rights Movement that one day I grew up to police chief in Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital,” Ramsey said. “One thing can change the world and I hope the death of Mr. Floyd, which should never have happened, but I would hope that his death is not in vain,” he continued. “We can change the world, and you young people are gonna be the ones to do it.”Tips for Talking to Your Kids About Privilege and Racism in the Wake of George Floyd's Death In another segment, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms advised children that one of the best ways to stop racism is to lead by example. “Keep being who you are. Keep loving each other. And when you see someone who’s doing something wrong or saying something wrong, say that it's wrong,” she said. ”Make sure that when your friends sometimes do things they shouldn’t do that youIn response to a 9-year-old boy who asked why black people have been treated so badly over the years when they’ve contributed so much to the country, the mayor admitted that was something “we’ve been asking ourselves for generations.” “I don’t know if we’ll ever have the answer to that, but just like Martin Luther King had a dream for his four children...we have to continue to dream and hope and work,” Bottoms said.• Campaign Zero which works to end police brutality in America through research-proven strategies.• National Cares Mentoring Movement provides social and academic support to help black youth succeed in college and beyond.
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