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As a black man there is no way I can give my kid any toy that looks even remotely like a gun. That a black guy invented this thing makes this even more ironic.

redwood 10y ago
A powerful comment: thank you for sharing this. I hope your own kids will not need to feel this way when they become parents.
agumonkey 10y ago
If only Super Soaker were the only gun people carried.
yardie 10y ago
As a black father as well I've had this very same discussion, repeatedly.
barking 10y ago
Supersoakers look nothing like real guns and what's 'even more' ironic about a black man inventing it? What's ironic about it at all?
- typetypetype 10y ago
  The irony is that the inventor of a super popular toy would have to think twice about letting his own children play with it. If you are not aware of the difference between a white child and a black child playing with a toy gun, here is an article to get you started: http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-cops-recklessly-shot-boy-12-toy-gun/story?id=27402837 http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-cops-recklessly-shot-boy-...
  - yardie 10y ago
    Doesn't even need to be a toy gun. Any toy will do. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article90905442.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article90905442....
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zanek 10y ago
That's being a bit ridiculous . I get it that the news/cable stations plaster every cop shooting of a "black" person all over TV anytime it happens but I think it's not as bad as you're acting. We're at multi-decade lows of crime. I think everyone is hyper-sensitive with the news cycle. I would tell my son if there was a realistic looking gun not to play around with it outside, but that's regardless of his color. I say that as a "black" man
- macintux 10y ago
  I really wish people would stop telling black people how to feel about the way that police react to black people.
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redwood 10y ago

A powerful comment: thank you for sharing this. I hope your own kids will not need to feel this way when they become parents.

agumonkey 10y ago

If only Super Soaker were the only gun people carried.

yardie 10y ago

As a black father as well I've had this very same discussion, repeatedly.

barking 10y ago

Supersoakers look nothing like real guns and what's 'even more' ironic about a black man inventing it? What's ironic about it at all?

typetypetype 10y ago
The irony is that the inventor of a super popular toy would have to think twice about letting his own children play with it. If you are not aware of the difference between a white child and a black child playing with a toy gun, here is an article to get you started: http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-cops-recklessly-shot-boy-12-toy-gun/story?id=27402837 http://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-cops-recklessly-shot-boy-...
- yardie 10y ago
  Doesn't even need to be a toy gun. Any toy will do. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article90905442.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article90905442....
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zanek 10y ago

That's being a bit ridiculous . I get it that the news/cable stations plaster every cop shooting of a "black" person all over TV anytime it happens but I think it's not as bad as you're acting. We're at multi-decade lows of crime. I think everyone is hyper-sensitive with the news cycle. I would tell my son if there was a realistic looking gun not to play around with it outside, but that's regardless of his color. I say that as a "black" man

macintux 10y ago
I really wish people would stop telling black people how to feel about the way that police react to black people.
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