[In clinic.]
"It's stressful raising a black son."
"The police?"
"Right, them. And on the other hand you don't want him hanging out with the wrong people. No matter what he looks like, someone can get the wrong impression. He wears a suit to [private] school, but the minute he decides to wear a hoodie, well--
*looks at me*
--you're wearing that, right? The yarmulke? So everyone knows you're Jewish. You don't always want that, right? That's a pressure on you, too."
"It's stressful raising a black son."
"The police?"
"Right, them. And on the other hand you don't want him hanging out with the wrong people. No matter what he looks like, someone can get the wrong impression. He wears a suit to [private] school, but the minute he decides to wear a hoodie, well--
*looks at me*
--you're wearing that, right? The yarmulke? So everyone knows you're Jewish. You don't always want that, right? That's a pressure on you, too."
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