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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, [b]in a world were he/she does not see color [/b]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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[b]Have you really not heard tons of people say that this is the dumbest thing ever?[/b]  My friend WANTS her son's friends to notice that he's black, because he approaches certain situation differently than his white friends.  Saying you're colorblind makes you seem like an idiot.[/quote]

As a black woman, I never heard anyone say this. When black people reference "we don't want our children to judge people based on their skin color (see color)" that doesn't mean that we don't talk to our children about racism (when they're old enough to understand). That doesn't mean we don't talk to our children about where we came from and what we been through. That doesn't mean we don't share our own personally experience and sometimes watch our children get upset. That doesn't mean we don't explain why we can't do everything a white person can do. I tell my kids don't judge people based of their skin because that's RACIST! Pay attention to the actual person, get to know them and then you can judge. Saying "we don't see color" is me saying "i'm not going in this restaurant because these people are too rowdy or its too crowded." Instead of saying "I'm not going to go in this restaurant because its a bunch of white people and I know i'm going to be uncomfortable." Its a lot I can say but I'm going to exit before I start quoting people. And to the other pp- with all these black people dying at the hands of white people, trust and believe I talk to my kids because I want them to know about our history and I want them to love themselves and know that they are beautiful, worthy and can do and be whatever they want and their skin color cannot stop them. But my comment was from the perspective of a non- black parent and what they can say because I'm sure they were uncomfortable and that would be an uncomfortable conversation. Because if OP was black, she would have been working from home that day, because nanny would have been relieved and informed her services is no longer needed. We wouldn't be uncomfortable but we would be furious. #wakandaforever
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