EPISODE · Jul 13, 2020 · 26 MIN
Raising a Black Boy in America with Special Guest, Super Bowl Champion Greg Jennings
from Uncomfortable but Necessary Conversations with Nicole Jennings · host Nicole Jennings
The rest civil unrest sparked by the murder of George Floyd has national news media outlets and worldwide eyes looking at police brutality, and the power and systems that have allowed it to be and with an unfiltered lens, after Floyd's murder was recorded from start to finish, for the world to re-live for the rest of humanity. As the wife of a Black man and a mother of a Black boy, Nicole sits down with her husband, Super Bowl Champion Greg Jennings, to discuss a reality that even she doesn't fully understand; living life as a Black man in America. Nicole and Greg are raising their four humans AKA children to love and appreciate the unique individuality of everyone regardless of the color of their skin, to be proud of their heritage as African Americans, all the while trying to remain uplifted while raising a Black boy how to safely navigate and succeed in a world built by people that look like him, but ultimately not maintained with him in mind.
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The rest civil unrest sparked by the murder of George Floyd has national news media outlets and worldwide eyes looking at police brutality, and the power and systems that have allowed it to be and with an unfiltered lens, after Floyd's murder was recorded from start to finish, for the world to re-live for the rest of humanity. As the wife of a Black man and a mother of a Black boy, Nicole sits down with her husband, Super Bowl Champion Greg Jennings, to discuss a reality that even she doesn't fully understand; living life as a Black man in America. Nicole and Greg are raising their four humans AKA children to love and appreciate the unique individuality of everyone regardless of the color of their skin, to be proud of their heritage as African Americans, all the while trying to remain uplifted while raising a Black boy how to safely navigate and succeed in a world built by people that look like him, but ultimately not maintained with him in mind.
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