My best friend is already teaching her son how to handle cops.
Not sitting there scaring him to death but she realizes that she's ultimately raising a Black man in a pretty shaky racial climate.
They're going to see it either way. Race is everywhere again now - no longer being swept under the rug with fake smiles and pleasantries. People are having real conversations everywhere.
Outrage is pouring out from teachers accidentally typing "nigger" onto students' worksheets. Soon as they can fully understand and absorb English sentences is probably a good time to begin dose by dose. Now's not the time to beat around the bush.
My godson is well aware and still enjoys his childhood. Still plays his video games and his guitar, etc. So it doesn't strip their childhood, it just brings awareness.