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[quote=Anonymous]Some people are just more sensitive to smells, OP. I am that person in the family, the person who's always the first to smell gas escaping, the person who is most bothered by frying and garlic smells (blargh), the person who wants to air out the rooms because of they smell musty...

So my kids never said those things, but then again... they're not super smellers like me.

You should remind her that some things cannot be said out loud at school or to her friends. She can say them to you, and you will explain. It's a steretype, but was the Hispanic man doing manual labor? Sweaty people won't smell the same as non-sweaty people. For the Black boy, you have to explain that people aren't scary because of their skin color. They can't help that and she should observe actions, not looks.

You absolutely need to prevent the nascent link in her brain between skin color, or smell, and moral worth or social value. But instead of discounting the evidence of her sense, you have to explain the very normal reasons why she observed what she did, and drew the wrong conclusions.
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