Taye Diggs Speaks About His Children's Book On Racial Injustice

The actor and author spoke with Newsy's Chance Seales about the conversations that inspired him to write "Why?"

NEWSY'S CHANCE SEALES: For many families, talking about being Black and Brown in America today — and in the past — can be really hard. Taye Diggs, who stars in movies like "The Best Man," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," "Brown Sugar" and on stage, "Rent," is also now the author of "Why?" — a conversation about race. Mr. Diggs, thanks for being here.   A child asked the family — finally, all the elders are gathered and they asked: 'Why are those buildings burning?' And the family answers, 'Well, little one when we get tired of shouting and not being heard, when we have cried so many tears from always getting hurt, when we scream out for help and continue to get ignored, when we march and march and march but are not really moving. When all this happens, sometimes buildings must burn. The buildings burn for us. The anger burning those buildings is us.' 

TAYE DIGGS: Thank you for having me.  

SEALES: This book is very much inspired by this moment — real life. Do these draw on real conversations you've had?