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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your nanny sounds ignorant and I would fire her a$$. However, if I wasn’t going to fire her, this is how it would go:

I would be respectful and let her know that her comment was 1. Inappropriate 2. Did not sit well with you and 3. Those types of remarks will not be tolerated in MY home. I would then go on and express that we want to raise our son or daughter, in a world were he/she does not see color nor judge people based on the color of their skin. And if we were ever to find out that someone was discussing race around my child without consent, we would have to let them go. We appreciate you and our child/children love you. I hope that we have never done or said anything that may have offended you or made you feel uncomfortable, and in the event that that were to happen, please come and talk to us.

At 30 years old, no matter where you’re from, we all know how sensitive this topic is. Especially in today’s society. You should never talk badly about another person to your employer, ESPECIALLY, when it’s based on race.

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Please don’t come here with your colorblind racism. Color is color and it cannot and should not be ignored. We should not teach our children to ignore color. However, we should teach them that we are all different but in many ways we are also similar. Ignoring color ignores all the struggles and oppression that POC have had to go through for hundreds of years. I think it is important to talk to children about racism etc. Of course this nanny said that she felt uncomfortable with so many black people around and that can cause unconscious or conscious thoughts to a child. In this case, the mother should request that the nanny not make negative or racist comments about race in front of her child. Instead, the nanny and mother should strive to teach the child love and respect for others. (I just took a race, class and gender course and I learned a lot so sorry if this is too much, but I cannot stand it now when people say they don’t see color)[/quote]

Thank you![/quote]

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