DeRay McKesson

So he's yeah.

I mean, he's halfway through one of these books and my oldest son,

I got him reading Marcus Garvey and stuff like that, because when we give him fiction, he just zooming right through it, and then he's returning the information so fast, I'm like, nah, let's give you something real historical.

Because I think pattern, he's on the spectrum, so he like me.

Once I recognize the pattern of a story, it's like, yeah, I know what this is about.

That's why I put books down in chapter four.

It's like, I already know what this shit about.

I'll go to the end.

Like, is there any surprises?

No, no.

Exactly what I thought was going to happen.

Yeah.

So, yeah, I've been trying to explain to them, like, I'm very transparent with them about, like, what I was doing when I was outside, being locked up, how I kind of had to shift gears and how important they were to me shifting gears.

And the fact that I, like, don't want them to have...

incarceration problems.

And sometimes when you look at the cultural aspects of things,

It feels a little hopeless at times because of how much they push.

Same thing they push to me, just being a gangster, being a street nigga, all these different things.

And it's hyper now because it's so accessible in so many different directions.

So to always refocus on education, to always refocus on what your status is in the world and how easy it is for you to get enough systems, it's just one of the biggest fears of mine as a dad because it's like...