Amiyrah Martin of Edison, New Jersey, an African-American mom of two, says she and her husband are still trying to figure out how to sit their 8-year-old son down and explain the Trayvon Martin case and its conclusion -- without getting emotional. "My biggest issue is ... giving him the facts rather than getting upset and giving him how I feel, because I want him to come to his own consensus," the host of the blog Four Hats and Frugal said in an interview. "My husband is the same way. He's very emotional about it ... so he doesn't want him to think, 'Well, Dad feels this way so I should.' He wants him to create his own opinion."
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George Zimmerman's trial has ignited discussions of race, guns and safety
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Parents have sat their children down to talk about how others perceive them
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African-American parents have explained that their children might face more scrutiny
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Non-African-American parents must discuss race with their kids too, a blogger argues
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"We're going to have to tell him that it may have been due to Trayvon's race, and this is how it happened, and this is how @placeholder decided to react to it," she said.
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While some parents may approach the topic from the viewpoint that Martin was more likely to be treated differently because he was @placeholder, other parents are using the case as a behavioral lesson and leaving race aside.
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One would say, 'Well, @placeholder, it was his fault because he started the fight.'
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The other one would have said, 'Well, @placeholder, he should have never gotten out of the car.'