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The incident led Brady and Maile's mother, Brady's ex-wife Mandie Taketa, to sit down and \"have a talk\" with their daughter about the subject at the time.

\"Now fast forward -- now she's 17. She's the head of her school's black student union, she's a little activist and she knows her history and she can put people in place,\" Brady said.

\"It's a conversation I'm glad I had because every young black person that we send out in the world, guy or girl, including her boyfriend -- I worry about her boyfriend when he drives, I worry about my 21-year-old nephew -- we need to arm each other with knowledge because it's just necessary.\"

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