{"id":36398,"date":"2022-08-05T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tyler-perry-says-hes-avoiding-talking-about-race-with-his-7-year-old-son\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:12:46","slug":"tyler-perry-says-hes-avoiding-talking-about-race-with-his-7-year-old-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tyler-perry-says-hes-avoiding-talking-about-race-with-his-7-year-old-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Perry says he&#8217;s avoiding talking about race with his 7-year-old son"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tyler Perry revealed he&#8217;s not interested in having \u201cthe race talk\u201d with his 7-year-old son Aman just yet.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker made the striking revelation in an interview with to AARP, as he opened up about fatherhood. <\/p>\n<p>In an effort to shield his son from the harsh realities of the world, Perry said he&#8217;s delaying \u201cthe talk\u201d with his son, whom he shares with model Gelila Bekele, as long as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t had the conversation with Aman because he&#8217;s only 7, and I want to hold out as long as I can,\u201d Perry told the nonprofit organization. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t want to tell him that there are people who will judge him because of the color of his skin, because right now he&#8217;s in a school with every race, and all these kids are in their purest form.  When he describes his friends, he never defines them by race, \u201dhe explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the moment he loses that innocence is going to be a very, very sad day for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Perry said he wants to shield his son from the harsh realities of the world.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Perry made it clear he knows the conversation will happen any day now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it&#8217;s coming, though, because he&#8217;s already asking some really tough questions,\u201d he said.  \u201cWhat I want him to be, more than anything, is somebody who sees injustice, speaks out against it, and effects change.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/tyler-perry-avoids-race-talk-son-05.jpg?resize=719%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"  Model Gelila Bekele (L) and writer\/director Tyler Perry attend the 6th Annual Charity\" class=\"wp-image-23343044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/tyler-perry-avoids-race-talk-son-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1438 1438w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/tyler-perry-avoids-race-talk-son-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1079 1078w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/tyler-perry-avoids-race-talk-son-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=719 719w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/tyler-perry-avoids-race-talk-son-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=360 359w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/tyler-perry-avoids-race-talk-son-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Perry shares his seven-year-old son Aman with model Gelila Bekele.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perry said the other reason for wanting to protect his son from the world is because he&#8217;s \u201cnot famous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want him to have as normal a life as he can.  I want him to know what it&#8217;s like to have his own name and his own life and not have the pressure of trying to live up to whatever or whoever your father was, \u201dhe added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Perry revealed he&#8217;s not interested in having \u201cthe race talk\u201d with his 7-year-old son Aman just yet. The filmmaker made the striking revelation in an interview with to AARP, as he opened up about fatherhood. In an effort to shield his son from the harsh realities of the world, Perry said he&#8217;s delaying \u201cthe &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tyler-perry-says-hes-avoiding-talking-about-race-with-his-7-year-old-son\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler Perry says he&#8217;s avoiding talking about race with his 7-year-old son<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[109,15182,15183],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48592,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mike-perry-tells-michael-venom-page-hes-been-fighting-cans-your-whole-life-mvp-responds\/","url_meta":{"origin":36398,"position":0},"title":"Mike Perry tells Michael &#8216;Venom&#8217; Page he&#8217;s been &#8216;fighting cans your whole life,&#8217; MVP responds","date":"August 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This Saturday Michael \u201cVenom\u201d Page and Mike Perry will face off in the main event of BKFC 27 at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, and with the event just a few days away, the two headliners are champing at the bit to get down to business. \u201cI think it's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48815,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/venables-decision-which-surprised-swinney-paying-off-for-tigers\/","url_meta":{"origin":36398,"position":1},"title":"Venables&#8217; decision, which surprised Swinney, paying off for Tigers","date":"August 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables left that post to become the new head coach at Oklahoma last December, Dabo Swinney initially assumed that Venables' son Tyler would be heading to Norman with Brent. 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