She is NOT an activist figure. She’s 6. She doesn’t understand racism to its full extent. She shouldn’t be romanticized bc her father was wrongfully murdered. She deserves better. Leave this little girl A L O N E. https://twitter.com/bet/status/1272980687633764352
Kids don’t understand death like that even when it’s a parent. They’ll cry one minute and will play the next. And it isn’t bc they dont care or aren’t sad.
Btw im an experienced educator. And have seen a child experience death with a family member and he was confused one minute but kept a smile throughout the entire school year. He even raised money and donated it to a hospital that treated his past parent. I love that kid a lot
and check on him regularly. I’m sure of course misses his dad but he does not understand it the same way an older person would if their parent died. She doesn’t need the constant reminder that her father died. I don’t think it’s fair to automatically put an activist symbol and
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