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i'm going to think about, and i'm going to go back the something my children's favorite singer, leslie odom jr., and this song called "seriously" where we are a united, divided states. so when it comes to matters of race, african-americans still have the highest numbers of negatives in almost every category. and issues of policing are very important. that's one of the pieces where i start in this book. traditionally in the african-american community, the american black community, there is an instinctive coming of age truth for our young black men called the talk. it's something black fathers or father figures give their sons or equivalents. it's meant to be a lifetime tool that might help these boys strategically navigate interactions with law enforcement with the ultimate goal of avoiding altercations. the talk can spell life or death for some black males. i know it sounds so 1950s and '60s, but now more than ever that's the reality in the modern age more than 60 years later. the essence of the talk a dad telling his son in blunt terms that some bad policing results in death for our black