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A fact from The talk (racism in the United States) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that for generations, black parents in the United States have felt compelled to instruct their children about how to de-escalate encounters with the police?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The talk (parenting).

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Damon Young (July 27, 2020). "Why I'm Not Going to Give My Kids 'The Talk'". The Root. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

expanded list of Talk advice? edit

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Feels like this article should have an expanded list of Talk advice. (Currently advice seems to be mostly "Brooks et al. (2016)")

Example1: have wallet in a visible location (mentioned on a television program talking about The talk ... possibly Nightline)
Example2: use a Safety Pouch (put ID and vehicle documents in it) and during a traffic-stop lower window partway and place pouch on window (via today's Nightline, which had "original airdate 09/09/20" near beginning) --EarthFurst (talk) 05:53, 30 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Capitalization of Black and White edit

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Although I marked it as a minor edit because it was mostly superficial, I wanted to summarize my recent edit to The talk (racism in the United States) in this talk page simply because I have seen this style issue as a source of notable controversy between editors in the past. As per MOS:RACECAPS, MOS:CONSISTENT, and MOS:PMC, I changed the capitalization of the word White to match the already-capitalized word Black in most instances in the article. I did this for the purpose of consistency, only excluding a few instances to preserve original wording and style (MOS:PMC).

The full edit I made was at 13:28, April 15, 2023, in case you'd like to review the changes yourself. Thank you! - Othernature333 17:43, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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