Darrin Bell
1) The talk
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Darrin Bell was 6 when his mother told him he couldn't have a realistic water gun. She feared for his safety, that police tend to think of little Black boys as older and less innocent than they really are. Bell examines how The Talk shaped intimate and public moments from childhood to adulthood. While coming of age in Los Angeles, Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and police officers and thus...