Black Mothers’ Fear
People who know me best know I’m an empath, an optimist, an advocate and a writer. I’m passionate about fairness and equality and I live my life following the principals of love, truth, peace, freedom and justice. But most importantly I’m a mother; through and through. I have devoted my life to raising six amazing, talented, intelligent, kind and resourceful Black children. I’m really no different than any other black mother. I love my children and would give my life for any one of them. But being the “glass half full” person that I am, I’ve struggled the past few weeks with processing the world as it truly is; the world I’m expected to raise these beautiful children in, one where on whim my babies could be taken from me without any ramification. I’m distraught and disheartened. In speaking to a privileged person this week I learned that some people believe that how Black children are raised has a bearing on their outcomes, in situations involving racism....