Racist kids at camp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well let me tell you as an employer if I saw a picture of your white kid as a teenager (not a elementary school student) making an upside down ok sign I would assume it was meant as a white power hand sign. So will military recruiters and other employers because this is widely understood to be a white power sign.

White children are being recruited by white supremacists online and I promise these kids know a lot more about this than you. So you ladies can continue to defend these kids, but if I were you I would teach them not to use it and don't assume its innocent.

This. We've explained to our kids that whatever it meant back in the day (I had never heard of the circle game either) that some people are now using it as a white power sign and to think carefully about the situation, etc.

In reality, there's no need to be flashing a sign in a picture. Maybe it's kids being dumb, but very easy to be misinterpreted for older teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My eight year old flashed this sign in a picture! I was shocked. He doesn't spend time online, so the only thing I could think of is that he picked it up from another kid, who picked it up online or from a sibling. To him, all he knew is that it was something funny/different/cool to do in a picture.

Even if this 12 year old did it on purpose, he's likely just doing it to be a jerk, not because he's a nazi or even racist. He may not even know what it means, just that it's transgressive.

That doesn't make it ok. Intent doesn't matter. How it makes others feel is what does. If you accidentally run over my foot with a car my foot is still broken. If your child throws a nazi salute not knowing what it means it's still wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you talking about the circle game?

What is the circle game?

Context is everything. I wouldn’t jump so quickly to the racism assumption.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture

Pro tip: stop assuming the worst about others.

But things evolve and nobody plays that game anymore.

Just like the word gay doesn’t mean happy anymore.

Racist apologists everywhere.

+1 This idea that he's just a young kid he can't be racist is ridiculous. If a child is raised by racists they can be racists at any age, even at 5. Putting your head in the sand is why we are where we are in this society. So many people more concerned about being called racist than actual racism.