A Section I Can Relate To (Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont)

 

As I usually start with these blog posts, my mom was shopping one day and stopped by Barnes and Noble to get me and my brother some new books to read. Because I love science fiction and books that feature Diverse characters she got this book for me. The general plot of this book is amazing and simple as it's just like E.T. and the main characters have to fix an alien spaceship without the government finding out and one of the kids is known for being an outstanding inventor. But the aspect of this book I wanted to discuss was Chapter 13 ironically called "The Talk". 

Usually "The Talk" would refer to something else but in this book "The Talk" is what a black person should do when pulled over by the police. The reason I wanted to write a post about this is because when I read this chapter my reaction was "Oh my gosh!" I can relate to this. I personally got the talk at around the age of ten but my parents usually end up giving it to me two times a year. 

The talk generally consists of 6 rules. Which is keeping your hands where they can be seen, not running away from the cops, and being polite or formal in the sense that you are talking to someone with high authority, next is staying calm which is very important because the second you retaliate the police might beat you or worse, second to last is know why you have been arrested or the laws because if you do you can use that against the police, this last one is not a rule but it's what all parent go through, think about how your parents would want to see you. Basiclly meaning be rational and smart because no parent wants to hear that their son or daughter or child is dead.

When you get this conversation it just feels like the whole environment is dead as everything is quiet and everyone looks sad. When I got this talk I could tell by the look on my dad's face that it was hard for him. But, the saddest person in the room was my mom as she was crying and praying over it. And overall, this conversation isn't easy to have it's very saddening but we need to have these conversations as Black people based on how society sees us.

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