I've never heard a @POTUS reference "the talk" in a #SOTU. My son texted me from his room...

[demmiblue]

I’ve never heard a @POTUS reference “the talk” in a #SOTU. My son texted me from his room “I hope @JoeBiden talking about that makes us safer.” The real estate in a SOTU is prime. That he took a moment to acknowledge the fears of black parents & their children is breathtaking.

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[hlthe2b]

1. A heart-warming, sincere, and poignant photo...

It surely comes through that way to most who live it... At least I hope so.

[lindysalsagal]

2. Such compassion.

[Roc2020]

5. Gotta say I love your cat meme

I'm a cat person and I get the giggles every time I see it

[lindysalsagal]

9. Thanks. Cats are sometimes able to cut through to the truth.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

13. And they listen so well. I tell them everything, the truth, lies, jokes. They'll listen to anything.

[lindysalsagal]

15. They are useful for comic relief. They don't know what laughing is.

[3catwoman3]

16. It's even better...

…full screen.

I laugh every time I see this.

[El Mimbreno]

17. I think of your cat GIF...

Every time i see the brand name on my hair gel: Fructis.

[70sEraVet]

3. Biden, keepin' it real!

It is a great pic.

[demmiblue]

4. VIDEO:

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. It is horrific that parents have to do this and live with this.

[Danascot]

6. That's our guy!

President of all Americans!

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. One of the several extraordinary moments of his great speech!

[Wounded Bear]

8. K & R...nt

[Samrob]

10. Yes he did go there. I just wish there were some way to get white parents to have "a talk" with

their children on how to treat others when they get into positions of power and influence. But then...

[Jilly_in_VA]

12. AMEN to that one!

My daughter, who is married to a Puerto Rican, has kids and stepkids of all colors. Her husband took her to Puerto Rico back before Maria, and when they got back she said to me, "Well, now I know what my family looks like. It looks just like Puerto Rico!" One of her cousins-in-law expressed it with a meme that showed a picture of a similar bunch of folks. The caption read, "Ain't got time for racism, my family looks like THIS!" However, just like here, there is colorism in Puerto Rico *sigh*

[Hope22]

26. My friend lives in the city. She's white and so are her daughters.

The young ones have many multi racial friends. When the girls got their licenses my friend gave them the talk. Her first rule was if you get pulled over you are the only one who speaks to the officer. Everyone else in the car was to stay quiet. She was so worried for all of their safety.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. That was a great statement and a great photo here!

[ananda]

14. This made me cry, and I feel comfortable doing so.

Thanks for posting.

[soldierant]

29. I know.

I was just thinking, I iagine there were many moist eyes and clogged throuats in the chamber for a while after he said that.

[Solomon]

18. It was a great moment in a great speech.

Very very very much needed to be said in that kind of platform in these times. Stabbed the "anti-crt" thing they got going right in the eye.

As a black person, I thought it was glorious and extremely well done! Very happy he did that.

[Marthe48]

19. I thought about this last night, again today

Not only The Talk that parents must give their dark-skinned children (thinking of adoptive parents as well) and then thought a little further, about The other Talk that we have to give to all of our daughters. not sure if there is a Talk for LGBTQ kids, but there should be.

Seems to me that parents of all children need to come up with a talk about to to treat all other people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion or sexual orientation.

People, families, have children they want. They don't have children to provide moving targets for guns and hate. Maybe if the U.S. was a less hateful place to live, more people would want to have kids. Who the hell wants to bring a life into this world with the expectation that if the body they get isn't a perfect match for white supremacist scaredy cats or out-of-control cops, the born human stands a good chance of being murdered?

[pandr32]

20. It goes to show he is listening to people and he cares.

[republianmushroom]

21. like it

[Tommymac]

22. A TRUE Watershed moment in US History. This speech will be talked about for decades, if not forever.

This is what leadership looks like.

This is what leadership feels like.

This is what leadership sounds like.

THIS IS LEADERSHIP.

[Cha]

24. TY & PJB

[Joinfortmill]

25. I keep saying it, he's gonna be one of the greats.

[AllaN01Bear]

27. the young men will remember this encounter for ever .:):):):)

[ecstatic]

28. I love that he also said everyone should make it home safely

“Just like every cop when they pin on that badge in the morning has a right to be able to go home at night, so does everybody else out there.

Thank you President Biden!