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[quote=Anonymous]You really need to inquire more to see what your kids mean. My kids, at that age, did not perceive any people as "black" or "white" - they perceived all people as shades of brown/tan/pink, so might have said something like it's good you're not black because then it would be hard to see you at night like a black cat is hard to see. One of my kids had this whole thing talking about "the white man" and then I eventually realized they were talking about the street-crossing crosswalk sign. (I was like "no...we don't have to do what the white man says...." it was very confusing.) Or, as other PPs have said, it could be internalized racist views about skin color. You won't know until you ask about what they were thinking. [/quote]
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