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[quote=Anonymous]My kindergartener (who is white) learned a racist phrase from an older child in aftercare at his school and repeated it to another child (not white) in 3rd grade from his school at the park. The other child's parents texted me about it, I apologized profusely and spoke to my child extensively about what they said, what to means, why its wrong. I also had my child apologize in-person with the parents there to the other child. I have also reached out the school about what is going down in aftercare and we have not thus far returned until things get under control with the aftercare setting.

I felt like I handled a difficult situation reasonably well but I have since been told that the 3rd grader my child made the racist comment to has called him a racist to other kids at school. On the one hand, I can see letting this go for a bunch of reasons. On the other hand, it makes me very uncomfortable because my child is a kindergartener. I'd love any thoughts on how to proceed. [/quote]

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