The Conversation Parents Have To Have With Their Black Kids

Writer Imani Perry talks about the perils and gifts of parenting black kids in America today.

By Bianca Martin
AMERICA PROTESTS WASHINGTON
Young children ride their bikes as demonstrators protest, Saturday, June 6, 2020, near the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, over the death of George Floyd. ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICA PROTESTS WASHINGTON
Young children ride their bikes as demonstrators protest, Saturday, June 6, 2020, near the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, over the death of George Floyd. ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Conversation Parents Have To Have With Their Black Kids

Writer Imani Perry talks about the perils and gifts of parenting black kids in America today.

By Bianca Martin
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Reset talks with author Imani Perry about her book, Breathe: A Letter to My Sons and the conversation parents are having with their children about what it means to be Black in America.

GUEST: Imani Perry, author and professor of African American studies at Princeton University