Taye Diggs says his son feels 'sensitive' amid Black Lives Matter movement: He's 'not afraid to discuss what's happening'
Taye Diggs's 10-year-old son, Walker, was supposed to go away to summer camp. But the coronavirus pandemic changed that. “He was devastated,” Diggs tells Yahoo Entertainment. “But I selfishly was excited to spend more time with him.” Diggs is teaming up with Quaker to bring the summer camp experience to your home and explained how for him it started with the usual activities — basketball, football, tennis — but evolved into something deeper. A nightly ritual began: Taye and Walker would go for swims after dark. “We have these really kind of intimate, intense conversations,” said Diggs. Amid the protests over racial inequality and police abuse, and the growing Black Lives Matter movement, Walker has not shied away from bringing up tough subjects. “I am being constantly reminded how sensitive and feeling he is in the midst of Black Lives Matter,” says Diggs. “He’s very tuned in and not afraid to discuss what's happening.”
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TAYE DIGGS: My son's camp got closed down, and he was devastated. But I selfishly was excited to spend more time with them. And it's been really great getting an opportunity to spend more time with my child and take part in activities that he wouldn't otherwise take part in at camp. This kind of happened organically, you know?
We were obviously with the basketball and football and run around the track and tennis. But we've come to enjoy these nightly swims where we wait until it's pitch black. And we go outside, slip in the pool. And we have these really kind of intimate, intense conversations. And that's something I've really come to enjoy.
I am being constantly reminded how sensitive and feeling he is in the midst of Black Lives Matter. He's very in tuned and not afraid to discuss what's happening. Me and his mother and his stepdad, we're making ourselves very available to him when he has these questions. And we're just a sounding board. So whatever questions, we are there with an answer.
When it comes to the subject matter, because he's so sensitive, he's right on point. We don't really have to talk down to him. We've actually had an easy time having these discussions and bringing up these subject matters. So it's been interesting. It's been challenging. But at the end of the day, I consider it a positive because we are-- you know, we're opening up the conversation.
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