Deborah Murdic

My BookClub watched the movie. We found it difficult to watch (emotionally). However, we rated the movie 5 out of 5. We thought it touched on several topics that should be discussed with children especially African American teens such as Ebonics, dress attire, race identity for biracial teens and social identity. I encourage parents, especially Caucasian and interracial parents raising black children to watch this movie. My daughter watched this movie with her 16 year old son Tyler. She would paused the movie often during the movie to discuss important points she wanted to emphasize (teachable moments) and she wanted feed back from Tyler on his thoughts. My daughter and I don’t want Tyler to be fearful of police but the treat is there and is real. We want Tyler to know what to do and not to do if ever in a situation that could escalate. We want to teach Tyler that people unfortunately will judge him on how he acts , how he talks, how he dresses before they get to know him, before they know he came from a good family that he is a honor student and his mother is a registered nurse and his Grandfather was was an electrical engineer and his great grandfather was a Tuskegee Airmen. People will shoot first. We also pointed out that not all policemen are the same. We don’t know what situations policemen encounter on a daily basis that make them shoot first and ask questions later. There are two sides to this “coin” and discussion is how we learn both sides.