‘Mom, Why Don’t You Have Any Black Friends?’

Before you talk to your kids about race, answer this question

Michelle Silverthorn
Forge
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3 min readJun 1, 2020

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I’m a black woman who talks about race. So, in the past few days, I have received many requests from white people — all women — for resources on how to talk to their white children about race.

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Michelle Silverthorn
Forge
Writer for

Diversity Consultant. TEDx Speaker. Immigrant. Millennial. Author. Founder+CEO | Inclusion Nation (she/her) michellesilverthorn.com @inwithmichelle