Clint Smith: How to Raise a Black Son in America

 

This video was published on YouTube on April 23, 2015. 

As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response. 

Source: TED