My 5 year old comes up to me the other day and says, "Baba, why do some people say 'black people' and 'white people'".
Not knowing where he was going with that, I asked, "What do you mean?"
"Because", he goes, "everyone's brown. Some people are just lighter brown than others".
Now that I think about it, he's right. There is just one race, the brown people :).
Race ["all people are brown people"]
in Friday, August 7, 2009
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Once upon a time I had thick long hair. I used to smile a lot, had friends, nice stuff, free time. Then kids happened and, well, now I dont have no hair no more™. This blog is a diary of my daily trials and tribulations as a parent.
Hahahaa. this is my favourite one.
:)
My older two are still pretty innocent. I am worried about the third one though.
:)
My older two are still pretty innocent. I am worried about the third one though.
I think your son is one smart cookie. Too bad we didn't all think that way.
Kids are all innocent. It's grownups who mess them up.
That said, my wife and I go out of our way to expose them to as many cultural, ethnic, religious and racial groups as we can. The fact that we have a really multi-racial family helps (I have a Japanese aunt, half Japanese cousins, my mother-in-law is white, father-in-law is Hispanic, he's now married to a Philipino lady, my wife's step-siblings are half Philipinos. Etc).
But then something like this happens: http://zhamid.blogspot.com/2009/12/argh-not-so-colour-blind.html