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        1. …in reply to @RonAJohnson
          @RonAJohnson True story: one day as a first-grader my daughter asked mom, "Why did people treat black people so badly?" +
      1. …in reply to @wcaleb
        @RonAJohnson She was reading a juvenile novel about slavery, and studying MLK at school. Mom replies, "Well, that's part of Dad's job." +
    1. …in reply to @wcaleb
      @RonAJohnson Horrified, daughter replies, "Dad's job is to be mean to black people???!!!" Mom: "NO, NO, NO, he studies WHY that happens." -
  1. …in reply to @wcaleb
    @RonAJohnson The exchange highlighted for me the privileges I and she (& white parents & kids generally) bring to that convo.