- A few months ago, a story
made national news when an African-American man,
named Corey, was babysitting two white children in Marietta, Georgia. When they stopped to get
lunch, a woman approached him, who was uncomfortable with
Corey being with the children. So he decided to start
recording everything live on Facebook. Well, please welcome Corey
and the Parker family: Dana, Addison, Nicholas, and David. (audience applauds) How you folks doin'? Welcome to the show. So, Corey, let me start with you, man. So what happened after the
police arrived on the scene? - After the police arrived,
he wanted to make sure that everything was okay, the kids were safe, and so he wanted to question
me, question the kids, and also he wanted to get
the parents on the phone to reassure that my story was true. - Wow, so Dana and David,
let me ask you this question. When you got the phone call
from the police about what was goin' on, what was your reaction? - I took the phone call
in complete disbelief. I actually thought it was a joke. I laughed for the first five minutes. I thought it was a prank
that was being played. And the officer kept saying,
"I wish it were, ma'am. "I wish it were, ma'am." To the point where I said,
are you saying that because an African-American man
was with my two white kids that they were, someone called the cops, and they were pulled over by the police? And he said, "Yes, ma'am, I'm sorry. "That appears to be the case." - After we finally established
that it wasn't a goof, it was like an avalanche
of different feelings because we knew everybody
was safe at the end, but still I felt scared for the kids. I felt scared for Corey. But then it came to the
point of like this is Corey. He's like a member of our family. He mentors our son. He does so many great
things in the community. (audience applauds) I know I put him on the spot, but our neighbors have sons with him. The parents of his program
consider him a hero, and his kids consider him a hero. Of all the people to have this happen to, to have somebody who
is part of his work is to bring communities of
different backgrounds together, and it was crushing that
he had to go through that. - Corey, what is the
program that you have? - Inspired by Lewis, is a
youth mentoring program geared toward the development of
social skills etiquette, and character development for the kids within our community in Marietta. (audience applauds) - So, kids, let me ask you a question. So were you scared during this ordeal? How were you feelin'? - Well, I felt like I didn't
understand what was going on when the woman was talking to Mr. Lewis. And then Mr. Lewis started
filming and started talking into the camera about what was happening. And then I understood,
and I was pretty worried. And I kept looking over
my shoulder to see if she was still following us, and she was. So I was just a little scared. - It was outside and I heard them talking, but I was scared because
if Mr. Lewis got arrested, then what would we do, because
our parents wouldn't be home. So they couldn't go. Could the cops take us home? - So, Corey, let me ask you this. So what made you start
recording everything? - I initially recorded the
video to bring awareness that in 2018, goin' on 2019, we are still bein' discriminated against
and judged based off looks and the color of our skin. (audience applauds) - Has this whole thing, has
this changed you in any way? - Definitely on a positive
side, it's inspired me myself to do my job a whole lot better,
go further and go harder, to make sure that I'm doing my job at 100% to my fullest capabilities. And also, on the negative side of things, it has made me more paranoid
when I'm out in the community with the kids. Because now, in my mind,
I'm thinking I have to make the right moves with the kids, because someone could be watchin' us. - Dana and David, what do
you hope that your kids have learned from this and what
have you learned as parents? - I think the kids had a
unique opportunity for them, because they were with Corey
to see what it feels like firsthand to be judged on
appearance, to be profiled, and so I hope it makes them
more sensitive to the issue. One of the most impactful
things for me has been talking to other parents. In African-American families,
it seems like there's a conversation that happens
at a certain age where they have to tell their kids
how to live defensively, to accommodate other people's fear. - Exactly. - And this is a conversation
that I was unaware of, and that's sad, and that
shouldn't be the case. That's why we're talking about it. - It's really enlightening though, because it's good when people
like yourself realize that that's an issue. That's the only way
that this thing changes. (audience applauds)
You're great people. - Thank you. - You really, really are. When we come back, we gonna
be puttin' racial bias to the test. You don't wanna miss this. Stay with us. Great family though, thank you so much.
