Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish revealed that racism makes her fear raising children.
“Now I’m a little older and people always ask when I’ll have some babies,” Haddish, 40, said in an episode of NBA star Carmelo Anthony’s weekly YouTube series “What’s In Your Glass.” “There’s a part of me that wants to do that, and I always make up these excuses like, ‘Oh, I need a million dollars in the bank before I do it, I need this, I need that.’ But really, it’s like I hated giving birth to someone who looks like me knowing they will be hunted or killed. “
“Like, why would I put someone through that?” added the comedian.
Anthony, the father of his 13-year-old son Kiyan, agreed that raising black children in the midst of racism is “scary to even think”, to which Haddish replied that racism is not something that white people have to Consider when planning your family.
“And white people don’t have to think about it, that’s something they don’t have to think about,” Haddish said. “It is time to talk about that and how we should come together as a community and work as a unit. And maybe not all of us agree on the same things, but we need to find something in common and move forward as human beings.”
Haddish told CNN at a Black Lives Matter protest in June that she cannot drive to Beverly Hills “without being detained” and that she wonders if it will be her “last day” whenever police stop her.
“There are certain people in my family, if they go out the door, they may not come back. I try to laugh and find a way to make it fun,” Haddish told the store. “It’s really difficult. I have PTSD seeing my friends being killed by the police. It’s scary. You shouldn’t be afraid of being in the United States.”
Haddish told Anthony that the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police made her cry every day about how blacks are “hunted and killed” and that she urges young black women in particular to be “as informed as possible.” You may “no longer” be afraid to get involved in your community and live your best life. “
“We are all trying to solve, how do you fix this?” Haddish said, “How does this stop? And all I can think of is, ‘How do we change people’s hearts?’ and that’s what I’ve been trying to do my whole career. Everyone wants to be happy. No one wants to see their family murdered. “
