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The Talk: What Did You Tell Your Kids After The Zimmerman Verdict?
NPR's Code Switch - Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity ^ | July 14, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 07/14/2013 2:57:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A few weeks ago, Levar Burton, the actor best-known for his role as Geordi LaForge in Star Trek and the host of the long-running kids' show Reading Rainbow, appeared on a CNN roundtable and offered up a sobering how-to on driving while black:

Listen, I'm going to be honest with you. This is a practice that I engage in whenever I am stopped by law enforcement and I've taught this to my son, who is now 33, as part of my duty as a father to ensure that he knows the kind of world in which he's growing up. I take my hat off and my sunglasses off, I put them on the passenger's side. I roll down my window, I take my hands and stick them outside the window and on the door of the driver's side because i want that officer to be as relaxed as he can be when he approaches my vehicle. And I do that because I live in America.

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It's a lesson that many of us got from out folks at some point, often before we got that other uncomfortable parent-child conversation about the birds and the bees. Don't move suddenly. Answer questions clearly, and with yes, sir and no, sir. Don't raise your voice. If you're handcuffed, don't say anything until we [your parents] get there....

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: blackkk; blacks; florida; georgezimmerman; levarburton; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I told ‘em —always make sure you have a valid passport.


21 posted on 07/14/2013 3:09:56 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: 2banana

That is funny.


22 posted on 07/14/2013 3:10:44 PM PDT by Bronzy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

To be careful not to be victimized by a racist lynch mob that is out to kill white people


23 posted on 07/14/2013 3:10:57 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You mean after we talk to them about “gay” “marriage”, homosexuality, transgender, cross dressing, abortion rights, self-esteem, global warming, wealth redistribution, etc.


24 posted on 07/14/2013 3:11:18 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Democrat party supposedly gets most of the Hispanic vote.

How does railroading a Hispanic help?

And how completely will the GOP miss this opportunity?


25 posted on 07/14/2013 3:11:48 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I told my 22yo CHP .40 cal carrying daughter...

“Zimm not guilty...be aware...be on your toes.”


26 posted on 07/14/2013 3:15:59 PM PDT by sigmashooter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What Did You Tell Your Kids After The Zimmerman Verdict?

"Don't go 'round jackin' folks strange to you."

27 posted on 07/14/2013 3:19:36 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Skiddle-arink a-dink, a-dink, Skiddle-arink a-doo . . .)
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To: dynachrome

Wow, you nailed it.


28 posted on 07/14/2013 3:21:28 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
One of the responses on NPS was:

"I did with my son, but he's white. He cried and said "I hate that I won the cosmic lottery and I can't share it."

This is what many white liberals teach their children. Be ashamed. You only won some kind of lottery and you should feel bad about it.

29 posted on 07/14/2013 3:23:38 PM PDT by Rokurota
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
They hear the news. They're all old enough to understand the race baiters motives.

Marten didn't have to hide in a bush and attack George when he was peacefully walking away. Marten chose to become violent. Marten threw the first punch. End of story.

30 posted on 07/14/2013 3:24:07 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I told them to zip up and go to bed.


31 posted on 07/14/2013 3:30:00 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My advice to all black kids is if you see a creepy ass cracker following you, don’t get angry, knock him down, and start beating his head against the cement. He might get upset about having his brains bashed in, take out a gun, and kill you to death.


32 posted on 07/14/2013 3:31:44 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Don't move suddenly. Answer questions clearly, and with yes, sir and no, sir. Don't raise your voice. If you're handcuffed, don't say anything...

So why do liberals think that advice doesn't apply to every kid? I told my son the exact same thing. And it is good advice for anybody.

There are few instances I can think of where doing the opposite of those suggestions will do you any good during an interaction with a police officer who isn't over at your house attending a barbeque as a friend.

33 posted on 07/14/2013 3:42:21 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just say "Yes sir. No sir." and don't try to run the cop over.

It ain't rocket surgery.

34 posted on 07/14/2013 3:44:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

None of my kids would ever dream about jumping on GZ or anyone else, but if pounced on, they might do the same as GZ.


35 posted on 07/14/2013 3:54:03 PM PDT by pallis
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My kids agreed with the verdict.


36 posted on 07/14/2013 3:57:11 PM PDT by ContraryMary (Barack Obama = Neville Chamberlain)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t have kids, but warned friends living in the city(I live waaaay out in rural E TX) to be careful when out and about. Keeping their heads on a swivel will keep their heads attached. Coincidentally, at work on Friday, we fired an older, black woman due to her incompetence and inability to perform her job duties. This makes Monday morning look like all kinds of fun. Hopefully, this last comment does not need a sarc tag. :/


37 posted on 07/14/2013 4:12:38 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I told him if in the same situation to go home, do not circle around and confront someone with a gun. But he knows this already.


38 posted on 07/14/2013 4:13:52 PM PDT by TheRhinelander
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Told them justice was served and to watch out for thugs out for revenge and to stay at home.


39 posted on 07/14/2013 4:16:31 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How odd. That’s the same thing I do.


40 posted on 07/14/2013 4:18:23 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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