since you had the talk with your father. i still haven t gotten my license. i refuse to drive as of right now. it s frightening for me. so i just never went out to do it. frightening i mean, your father, putting the fear of god into you. but how how specific, how real did the talk get? i mean, you can tell he was scared for me. and that is a different type of fear that puts just gets into you, just hearing your father, the man that s the strong guy in the house, just hearing him and hearing his fear for your life is it shakes you. you know, jerron, both of you, jerron and christian, and also dr. quezada, you all participated in black lives demonstrations that the president was talking about. and, jerron, you participated in
see for most of my teenage years was not a budding leader, but rather a lackadaisical student, a passionate basketball player of limited talent and an incessant, dedicated partier. no student government for me, no eagle scouts or interning at the local congressman s office. through high school, my friends and i didn t discuss much beyond sports, girls, music and plans for getting loaded. president obama, i want to know what did getting loaded look like? and what moved to you be a little more forthcoming? misspent youth? i actually go in detail in first book about you weren t president then the. but it s the truth. and part of the reason is i talked about this in conversations i had with jerron and christian and others as part of my brother s keeper, and one of the goals of my book in