Gayle King is opening up about some of the specific fears she's had while raising a black son in America. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the 65-year-old journalist Tuesday about the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd.King said that while racism is not new, it's now being caught on tape in a way that hasn't happened before.
She specifically talked about the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot in Georgia. Arbery was jogging Feb.
23 when he was confronted by 64-year-old Gregory McMichael and his son, 34-year-old Travis McMichael, who followed him in their truck.
Arbery's death hit King hard, given that she has two children — 32-year-old daughter, Kirby, and 33-year-old son, Will Jr. —.
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