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How Do You Raise a Black Child?

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How Do You Raise a Black Child?

Cortney Lamar Charleston

-- with a nod to Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan

From the dead. With pallbearers who are half as young

as their faces suggest and twice the oxen they should be.

Without a daddy at all, or with a daddy in prison, or at home,

or in a different home. With a mama. With a grandmama

if mama ain't around, maybe even if she is. In a house, or not.

In the hood¹. In the suburbs if you're smart or not afraid of white

fear or even if you are. Taking risks. Scratching lottery² tickets.

Making big bets. On a basketball court. Inside a courtroom.

Poorly in the ever-pathological court of opinion. On faith. Like

a prayer from the belly³ of a whale. In church on Sunday morning,

on Monday, Tuesday, and every other. Before school and after.

In a school you hope doesn't fail. In a school of thought named

for Frederick Douglass. Old school or not at all. With hip-hop or

without. At least with a little Curtis Mayfield, some Motown,

sounds by Sam Cooke. Eating that good down-home cooking.

Putting some wood to their behind. With a switch. With a belt

to keep their pants high. Not high all the time. On all-time highs

at all times until they learn not to feel and think so lowly of

their aims. To be six feet tall and not under. With a little elbow

grease and some duct tape. Sweating bullets. On a short leash⁴.

Away from the big boys on the block. Away from the boys in blue.

Without the frill of innocence⁵. From the dead, again. Like a flag.

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收听单词发音

1 hood
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
参考例句：
She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。 The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

2 lottery
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
参考例句：
He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。 They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

3 belly
n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛
参考例句：
The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。 His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

4 leash
n.牵狗的皮带，束缚；v.用皮带系住
参考例句：
I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳，但被狗挡住了路。 The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带，想挣脱开去。

5 innocence
n.无罪；天真；无害
参考例句：
There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。 The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。