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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy shit, if my kid said that her entire world would stop. "How would you feel if all the kids with the coolest toys wouldn't let you play because you're white? We are all the same on the inside. We all bleed red blood. Our own president is black. You really wouldn't play with his daughters because they have dark skin?"

I would make it VERY clear RIGHT AWAY that we don't treat people poorly or ignore them because of how they are born! [/quote]

Whoa.  Try therapy.[/quote]

I don't need therapy. My kid does not get to walk around unintentionally practicing to be in the KKK. We are Jewish, and people can't see that just by looking at us. We are lucky in that regard, because a lot of the same people who hate blacks hate Jews. When I overheard my kid singsong "No boys allowed" at age 4, I zipped right over and pulled her away from the playground structure to have a serious talk. We do NOT exclude people for how they were born. [/quote]

No one is disagreeing that we won't allow our children to grow up to be racists. The question is what is the best method to get there. You think that fast and dramatic action is best, and apparently you think it is the best way to show your own non-racist bona fides, but I think your method can be counterproductive and my goal isn't to prove to others that my child isn't racist, my goal is to make him not racist. I don't want my child to not be racist because I told him so. I want him to know and understand human equality.  OP can ask her child, calmly and quietly, if the child would be a different person with different eye color? Would mommy be different if she had a different skin color? No and no. OP's child has a best friend who is black; OP can ask the child how sad he would be if he hadn't become friends with that child. We can have a war on racism without bombing the crap out of small children. [/quote]
OMG ! How is anyone "bombing" small children? It's telling them and teaching them HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE. Just like if my kid was hitting someone with a stick -- quick response of  "Stop, we don't do that, it can hurt the person" and you have a deeper discussion about empathy -- one fit for their level of discussion. 
But - yes, it is important to let them know from the beginning that those kinds of comments and judgements are not tolerated, acceptable or "good". 
Wow! You seem like a particularly sensitive and naive person. Must be nice, guess you were never the kid who got comments related to your color, race, hair texture, etc. If so, I would venture that you would have a broader understanding of the entire issue. 
 #whiteprivilege
#whitepeopletellingpeopleofcolorhowtoteachwhitepeopletonotberacist[/quote]

Shut up, you #angryblackwomanwhoassumeseveryonewhodisagreeswithheriswhite

Jesus. I am so relieved you don't interact with any children but your own anymore. You're toxic.[/quote]
You  have me confused with another poster, who I assume was some kind of teacher. Who says I am black, I certainly did not. Black people are not the only people of color you know -- or maybe you don't know. SMDH![/quote]

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