Reese Witherspoon has urged parents to talk to their children about racism following the death of an unarmed black man during an arrest in the US.
A video of the incident in Minneapolis appeared to show George Floyd gasping for breath while a white policeman knelt on his neck before he died on Monday night.
Oscar-winning actress Witherspoon said she had the “heartbreaking” experience of trying to explain the death to her seven-year-old son after he had asked during dinner “why all the grown-ups were so upset”.
She added: “We spoke to him about what happened to George Floyd. “Being a white mother trying to explain racism and bigotry to her white son, who did not understand why anyone would treat another human being that way, was
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