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Awkward situation
myntik1:
For those that don't know I'm black, and my wife is white and my son is biracial. I'm not using the race card here I'm just setting the table. Earlier today I went to the park at the end of my street with my 3 yr old son. There was a dad there who was playing with his daughter who appeared to be about the same age as my son. On top of not wanting to play with my son she was downright mean. Sometimes my son can be a brat and I'll let him know it. This girl was rude and her dad wasn't saying anything. I tried to strike up a conversation which was quickly shutdown. I then took a look at some of the ink on the guy's arms and he has a couple of jailhouse SS tattoos. Before I had a child I would have asked him about his beliefs. Now that I'm a dad I let bs like that slide. So we leave the park and the whole way home my son is asking me why the girl was mean to him and didn't want to play. I guess I didn't expect someone with those beliefs would be living in my neighborhood.
Ed_McCarron:
Theres going to be morons no matter where you look. Ignore them - theres more important things to worry about.
protokatie:
Until the guy starts walking around in Neo-Nazi uniform, or joins a KKK rally/march, I wouldnt worry too much about it. From docu's I have seen, prison can turn someone who wasn't racist before into a racist (There is a huge prisoner set-up segregation "policy" in many of the prisons in the US, and if you (meaning the newB prisoner) doesnt follow suit you get no protection). Hell, the prisoner run segregation system in the documentary I saw was so well organized that the leaders of the different racial groups even have meetings to mitigate a race war... Sad really that it even has to happen.
Ignoring it may not be the best thing to do, but then again, speaking up to this guy about it might have been worse. I guess sometimes you have to let morons be morons.
--- Quote ---For those that don't know I'm black,
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Im SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED! How could you be a member here! You use Apostrophies! I call for the immediate banning of anyone who uses such grammar-correct text! (Its "dont" not "don't"! And you call yourself a BYOAC member!)
CheffoJeffo:
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--- Quote ---For those that don't know I'm black,
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Im SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED! How could you be a member here! You use Apostrophies! I call for the immediate banning of anyone who uses such grammar-correct text! (Its "dont" not "don't"! And you call yourself a BYOAC member!)
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OK, katie, give it a rest and settle down ... he missed a comma ... he's OK for grammar ... he's no MC, but he's OK ... wait until he start abusing the ellipsis ...
As far as the original post goes, I can't comment on the racial component, but I understand the issue of kids being singled out by other kids. I have two children with Autism and, yep, sometimes kids are mean and, yep, sometimes kids ask the hard question (My 5YO asked my wife the other night -- "Mommy -- am I stupid?").
And, nope I don't have a clue how to answer those questions.
Let the other guy and his tats fade away, love your son and engage his dialogue ... although I still don't have a good answer to the specific question, the discussion will be well worth it.
JackTucky:
Lying to kids to protect them from the truth is a bad idea IMO, but telling a young child someone hates them because they are black, well, that's a big enchilada.
At some point your kid has to know people hate. Figuring out when is the big question.
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