My son has basically ended a friendship

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19. Sounds like you have a great kiddo

And this is a conversation we need to keep open. It's very important because it's hard to to do. Thank you for bringing it.

I am a typical flaming white liberal. I hope I have a place at the table for this discussion. It is important to keep talking .

I read a little Maya Angelo, story from a book of short stories, where one of her white liberal friends, embarrassed herself, with an unconscious biased statement, over the phone. When Maya tried to contact her again, to follow up, the lady would not take her calls. The shame must have been too painful.

I raised three sons during the 90's. I did not allow the nword in my home. I had to call out a few of my sons' friends and have the talk. The kids all seemed to want to emulate the hip hop culture back then.