Danielle Brooks’ View On Parenting Changed After Racial Tensions Of 2020: “How Is This Child Going To Survive In This World?”

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Danielle Brooks’ View On Parenting Changed After Racial Tensions Of 2020: “How Is This Child Going To Survive In This World?”

Danielle Brooks, lead actress of Lifetime's Mahalia, recently reflected on how her perspective towards parenting has shifted following the racial unrest of 2020. Although she shares the same fears many other parents of color face, she hopes to raise her daughter to "tackle the world and not be defeated by it."

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