Word: sonly
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...tricky balancing act, however. African-American parents want to prepare their kids but don't want them growing up thinking all cops are out to get them. Joyce Randall, a minister at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, tells her sons that police officers have a dangerous job. "The way you dress, your attitude, it all matters," she instructs them. "Police must be very, very careful. So if you are doing what you're supposed to do, chances are you're going to be on your way." Still, tragic events like the Diallo killing--along with alarming scandals...
Those were Larry Dais' thoughts exactly. Like many African-American parents, Dais, an assistant vice president at Columbia University, was worried about the safety of his two sons. He gave them each the "police speech" when they got their learner's driving permits: If you get pulled over at night, turn on the interior light. Put your hands on the steering wheel. Don't make any sudden moves. "My younger son's initial response was, 'Why do I have to do that?'" says Dais. "But now he understands." Last summer Landon, then 17, was stopped while driving his father...
...Gore's attempt to jump the fence may backfire on him a lot sooner than the election, however, as negotiations between Washington and Havana continue over Juan Miguel Gonzalez's coming to the U.S. to take custody of his son during the appeal process. Indications are that even once the father arrives, rather than hand Elian over, the Miami relatives plan to insist on a custody battle in a Florida family court - something Juan Miguel Gonzalez is unlikely ever to accept. That would leave the vice president in the uncomfortable position of supporting the separation of a child from...
Diallo's mother may lament the fact that no one got to know her son through the trial testimony, but court is not a talk show. And if civil rights activist Al Sharpton really wants to effect change in the New York police, he could probably be more influential by being silent rather than delivering hostile tirades. TIM LAITINEN Arlington, Texas...
...late 1970s, and Sterling Lung, 26, the son of Chinese immigrants, believes he has struggled free from the clutches of his parents' old-fashioned expectations. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, where, he says, he was named "most likely to serve," Sterling is the chef at the Richfield Ladies' Club in green and tastefully affluent Connecticut. When one of the ladies praises his ponytail and guesses that he wears it in honor of his forebears back in China, Sterling muses, "My forebears? Think Beatles, Jerry Garcia...