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Gone, but to make him aware of the world he must still confront. >> we've been discussing what parents tell their kids about trayvon martin here on this program with jeffrey canada and charles blow. listen. >> i used to tell my boys, don't run because they would think you are suspicious, but now i say don't walk slowly because that also means you're suspicious. we have to figure out what is the pace a black man can walk in america and be beyond suspicion. that is a crazy conversation. >> there is a group of folks sitting here saying what do we do about this? how do we prepare kids to grow up t...

Confront. >> we've been discussing what parents tell their kids about trayvon martin here on this program with jeffrey canada and charles blow. listen. >> i used to tell my boys, don't run because they would think they are suspicious and now i say don't walk slowly because that also means you're suspicious. we to figure what is the pace a black man can walk in america and be beyond suspicion. >> there is a group of folks sitting here saying what do we do about this? how do we prepare kids to grow up to be a man but under these circumstances you have to act like it's 50 years ago, right? that's...

Gone but the world he must still confront. >> we've been discussing what parents tell their kids about trayvon martin here on this program with jeffrey canada and charles blow. listen. >> i used to tell my boys, don't run because they would think they are suspicious and now i say don't walk slowly because that also means you're suspicious. we to figure what is the pace a black man can walk in america and be beyond suspicion. >> there is a group of folks sitting here saying what do we do about this? how do we prepare kids to grow up to be a man but under these circumstances you have to act like...

Youth and masculinity and race are three of the five things he could discern. that is a problem, particularly when you have to have conversations with young black men. i used to tell my boys, doesn't run because they may think you're suspicious. now i have to say, don't walk slowly because that could mean your suspicious. what is the pace a black man can walk in america and be beyond suspicion? that's a crazy conversation to have. >> it's so fascinating that you say that because i have a young brown boy at home. he's been following this case so very closely. as a lawyer, as a former prosecutor...

What is your organizing principle that says i need to make sure that this guy does not get away because he is one of them? and what we find in the trial is that he was saying that he thought he was one of the criminals. although, what trayvon was doing was not criminal. >> you're saying you cannot take race out of one of those organizing principles. >> well, i think it is some combination of those. the only information he had was what he saw, right? so race is one of those things. youth and masculinity and race are three of the five things he could discern. that is a problem, particularly when...