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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a 3rd grader is calling a kindergartener a racist now? What kind of school is this [/quote]

OP here. A small private. I wouldn't say anything to the school but I am considering saying something to the 3rd graders parents, as just an FYI, b/c [b]we did talk so much after my child made the original comments[/b]. [/quote]

This is where you went wrong. You should have said thank you for letting me know and moved on. Talking to others about it just makes it more of a thing in their family so they’re probably bashing your child, calling him racist, etc and the kid heard this. Acknowledge it, handle it, move on. Talking about it doesn’t help. He’s 5 all he needs to know is that’s not a nice word please don’t use it again. Stop shaming him. [/quote]

OP here. It was over and done in our house until I heard that my kiddo had been called a racist at school. He is obviously not racist. He is 5. I made every effort not to shame him but to reiterate the importance of knowing what things meant before you use them and not repeating everything you hear. [/quote]

You made him apologize in front of others for using a word he didn’t even understand. It’s like punishing a baby when he says shyt instead of sit. You ignore and move on. The whole apologizing thing made it a thing. Then talking to the school about it, and pulling him out of aftercare. It’s too much, of course people will talk. You made it a thing. [/quote]
To be fair, white people have to make it a huge deal because of this exact thing. White kids need to know early on to be VERY careful with language because being branded a racist will destroy you. Nobody can make a mistake, even a freaking 5 year old. I understand this reaction.[/quote]

What??? I am not American and I find your comment laughable. Are you white? No, branding someone racist will not destroy them. Well, maybe you and your friends will try to destroy that person, because you are a sheep. But not everyone like you and not everyone is buying into rumors. People use racism as a weapon too often nowadays. 
Just because you will want to destroy someone else life doesn’t mean other people will follow. [/quote]

I would really hope the poster you’re responding to is a troll and no one really tells their kids the reason you don’t make racist comments at school is because “it will destroy you” but rather because…making racist comments anywhere is intensely rude and demonstrates a lack of class.[/quote]

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