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Kevin Fisher-Paulson with his husband Brian and his sons Zane (right) and Aiden.

How do you have ‘the talk’ with your black child if you’re not black yourself?

Lifestyle

Kevin Fisher-Paulson is a white police officer. His adopted son Zane is black. Now, as Zane grows up, he has to navigate discussions of policing and race — and how to protect his son from circumstances he never had to experience.

A police officer holds his riot gun while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 13, 2014.

‘Municipal shock and awe’ comes to the streets of Ferguson

Justice
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