First of all, I loved this presentation. I actually came home and talked to my spouse about it. We are 2 women with a black child. My spouse was in a relationship with a man in college when she got pregnant. The father took off and hasn't been involved in our child's life at all, unfortunately. I struggle to find ways to keep him (our son) connected to his culture and staying relevant. As a white woman, I try my best to relate to him and talk about experiences being judged in my younger days being gay and the journey I've been on to adjust and become who I am today. It's similar, but the experiences are different, yet both will be lifelong. I struggle with talking about racism with him because I'm terrified to plant seeds of mistrust in him, but I also think it would very irresponsible of me to gloss over it. I'm a white mother, but I felt similarly to the black mother in the documentary we watched. That mother was very conflicted about what was "right" and "wrong" with child-rearing and what she was ultimately trying to achieve. We absolutely do not use physical discipline in our house, but it was concept of the mother's conflict that resonated with me. Some of the things she said in the documentary have come out of my own mouth. The statistics in the documentary mentioned 10yo black males. That's exactly the age of our son and he's also much larger than his peers, which also came up in the documentary. The speaker left an impression on me. I would say that there's no better compliment to a presentation than to have someone go home and continue talking about it. I would love to see Cindy around again. I encourage her to keep talking, presenting, and researching. Cheers to the idea of her short becoming a full-length film in the future. I'll be looking out for it. Attendee, NASW WA Conference