A personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it. It is a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that -- to paraphrase Toni Morrison -- does not love them. Darrin Bell examines how "the talk" has shaped nearly every moment of his life into adulthood and fatherhood. His graphic memoir is a meditation on this coming-of-age-as Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and strangers, and thus of his mortality.
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