I want my kids to be like Brandon Brooks
I’m a white parent, and I want my white kids to be like Brandon Brooks when they get older.
He’s the teenager who filmed the pool party incident in suburban Dallas, at which a police officer violently restrained 15-year-old Dajerria Becton and pulled his gun on others. That was smart of Brooks, and bold. His remarks to the press since then have been pretty perceptive, too.
For starters, he recognized the racism that fueled the situation. Here’s Brooks describing the initial police response and the angry (white) parents:
