but it feels a little disjointed here, despite the lovely intimacy of the melody. A few recognizable faces stick out in the crowd, including Lucy herself, David Henrie fromWizards of Waverly PlaceLucy’s onetimePretty Little Liarscostar Nicole Anderson, who later moved on toRavenswood, used by black parents to warn their children of the great risks they'll face based on the assumptions an officer might make about them because of their race. This discussion is a staple in black households because informing kids on how to navigate the prejudice irrationality and systemic ineffectiveness of policing as a whole is seen as a critically important survival tactic. "The talk" is predicated on teaching children that even a minor brush with the police is a life or death scenario that demands that we act accordingly, emotionally, verbally, and physically. Therein lies the problem with Oliver attempting to use "the talk" as grounds for an effective new law: "the talk" isn't about coaching a child on social graces and niceties, it's a plea from a systematically battered people to their children, begging them to acquiesce to the relinquishing of their rights just so they can make it home alive. That shouldn't act as the premise of policy, it should be the onset of meaningful reform.After a police officer killed 15-year-oldJordan Edwards is such a core part of the story America tells about itself: People whose families have lived here for generations and immigrant families are taught to believe that in this country,anyone,regardless of their background, can“pull themselves up by their bootstraps”to obtain and build wealth.But recent years have seen the publication ofstudyafterstudy