カーキ・キングさんのインスタグラム写真 - (カーキ・キングInstagram)「Happy pride everyone. Mid June I was sitting outside an emergency room while my daughter had her appendix out. That was more of a challenge than I care to admit. During the month her black and brown friends—little kids, kindergarteners—led the most difficult conversations in her zoom classes. “I am black and I don’t want to die.” “Slavery was different from indentured servitude.” “I have more melanin and my hair is different so it doesn’t get wet.” She was able to be frightened of some of the things they were saying and also hold space for them. Watching the innocence drain from your child’s face is so painful. Much more painful than carrying their recently operated on body to and from the bathroom while they cry in agony and frustration. Her black and brown friends cannot avoid these conversations about race. They can’t take off their skin the way she could have a pesky piece of inflamed organ removed. I think about this every day. My son mainly just loses his clothes. Other bigger losses will come, and with them the richness of understanding the world, the terror and wonder. Things gained: A little patience. The desire to make field recordings on her iPad. Taking slightly more flattering photos of me. Thank you to the LGBTQIA community for marching for BIPOC this month. There is so much optimism. So much hope and momentum. So much love everywhere it overwhelms me. Wear a mask. Vote. Keep up the good fight. See you soon.」6月29日 12時43分