Lessons for My Black Nephew to Keep Him Alive

It may seem like I’m nagging, but he needs to be cognizant of how he’s seen in a racist society

C.R. Hughes
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4 min readMay 15, 2021

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Photo by Rachel Martin on Unsplash

Every day around sunset, my nephew and I go for a walk around our neighborhood. It’s not an ideal time of the day to do so, but we live in a city where it’s hot almost year-round. Evenings are the only hours that offer relief…

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C.R. Hughes
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Liberian-American. 25. I write things sometimes. Find me in other places: crhughes.carrd.co/