when you do, don’t call me. I’ll tell
the police to lock you up just to
teach you a lesson.”
Because there were some black
parents who’d actually do that, not
pay their kid’s bail, not hire their
kid a lawyer—the ultimate tough
love. But it doesn’t always work,
because you’re giving the kid tough
love when maybe he just needs
love. You’re trying to teach him a
lesson, and now that lesson is the
rest of his life.
—One morning I saw an ad in the
paper. Some shop was having a