The actress said it was 'heartbreaking' trying to explain the recent killing of George Floyd to her 7-year-old son Tennessee
"Last night at dinner, my 7-year-old asked why all the grown ups were so upset. We spoke to him about what happened to George Floyd," she wrote. "Being a white mother trying to explain racism and bigotry to her white son, who did not understand why anyone would treat another human being that way, was heartbreaking."
"But not nearly as heartbreaking as being a victim of one of these senseless, violent, unconscionable crimes," she continued. "Not nearly as heartbreaking as being one of the and harassment and discrimination daily. Not nearly as heartbreaking as being a mother who lives in fear of what will happen to her children in this world."star said while growing up religious, she was "taught that we were all the same in the eyes of God," but "that is not what I grew up seeing."
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