The Talk

"The Talk isn’t about the talk Darrin Bell got from his parents about how white people would perceive him as a threat, it’s about the talk Bell will give his son. Growing up, Bell didn’t understand why his mother wouldn’t let him have a squirt gun. He thinks his white mother is overreacting when he’s slighted in public and in school. But as he becomes a young man, he begins to understand why she was so protective and where the real threat is coming from. Told and illustrated with sincerity and humor, plus a gentleness that really packs a gut punch."