Fear Is a Reality of Black Motherhood
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By Anissa Durham, Word in Black
“There are too many dead kids not to assume that could be yours.”
As a Black mother in Washington D.C., Tara Brown says she worries for her 15-year-old daughter on a daily basis. Gun violence and safety are some of her top concerns. Brown is not alone in those feelings.
A recent national survey by the Pew Research Center found that parents’ worries about their children are often linked to how they rate the quality of their neighborhoods. Some of the top concerns for the more than 3,700 respondents include their children being bullied, struggling with anxiety or depression, and getting shot.
Of the Black respondents, 29% of Black parents surveyed rated their neighborhood in the only fair/poor category.
Word in Black talked to Black parents about their fears.
Black parents sometimes dread talking to their sons about police violence.
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