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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1 hood ddwzJ     
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 43MyV     
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 QyKzLi     
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 M9rz1     
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 ZbizC     
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。

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