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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]read this thread without rolling your eyes.[/quote]

I'm not rolling my eyes at all.  I'm just feeling really sad.  I'm trying to wrap my head around what it must be like to raise a black child, and especially a black male, in this  fukced up country.  [/quote]

I’m black and have a young elementary-aged daughter.  I felt a little relieved when I learned we were having a girl, although I feel guilty saying it—black girls certainly have their challenges, but it doesn’t seem as dangerous out there for girls as it does for black sons.

However, even that’s not much relief, since I have a black husband and brothers. :(  [/quote]

Your black daughter is more likely to be ignored when she tells a hospital worker she's in medical distress when giving birth or shortly after, and more likely to die in or after childbirth than a white woman.  The stress of being black is literally killing black women.  The stress of just existing.

I follow Humans of NY on Instagram and the guy is in Ghana right now, or he was and he posted a blurb about a guy, his wife, and their son.  The guy and his wife are doctors, and studied in America, but ultimately decided to raise their son back in Ghana, because there his son wouldn't have to be so aware of his blackness, he would just look like everyone around him.  That really struck me - they're much more poor there, and life is much harder there.  But race was their driving factor in choosing to stay.  That's how important this is for them.  [/quote]

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