it's not surprising of the guts to do it. your mom's white your dad is like that and put up in 1971 all the racial issues that were happening then. you're fighting it now to a degree. your dad is the first african-american player to play football, varsity football at west point. and they put up with a lot for you. one thing is to stand up for your beliefs and you also love your country. click sorry, i don't know why that's a bad thing these days i'm over it. for so many years i was quiets i was that disease and being a pleaser present the front of that line. it is exhausting. you realize as a parent that changed me i've threw their 17 , 20 when you sit there and preach to them about being true to your self and standing tall and not listen to others when the hate comes leading with kindness and i've always been kind but i would get quiet because i was afraid to ruffle feathers. and then i was being a hypocrite