Comments on: The Incident at the Playground (part 1) http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: auburn http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-90142 auburn Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:59:04 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/#comment-90142 very curious how you handled it... We live in a neighborhood that is about 98% Latino, we're white. Last week one of the little boys on our street who is probably around 4 asked why my son (who is very pale and red headed) was "so white" and "funny looking." He was also very curious about my "spots" (freckles) Gotta love how kids just put it all out there! We had an interesting conversation about hair color and eye color and why different people look the way they do. He seemed genuinely curious and not at all mean about it. And obviously it is different since, even though we are clearly the minority within our neighborhood, we are the dominant culture...so my son won't feel like a minority in the world at large even though at school and on the playground he definitely will be. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. very curious how you handled it…

We live in a neighborhood that is about 98% Latino, we’re white. Last week one of the little boys on our street who is probably around 4 asked why my son (who is very pale and red headed) was “so white” and “funny looking.” He was also very curious about my “spots” (freckles) Gotta love how kids just put it all out there! We had an interesting conversation about hair color and eye color and why different people look the way they do. He seemed genuinely curious and not at all mean about it. And obviously it is different since, even though we are clearly the minority within our neighborhood, we are the dominant culture…so my son won’t feel like a minority in the world at large even though at school and on the playground he definitely will be. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

]]> By: Lee http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-90140 Lee Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:36:19 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/#comment-90140 OK, I am compulsively checking back for Part 2, hurry up! OK, I am compulsively checking back for Part 2, hurry up!

]]> By: lisa http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-90123 lisa Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:05:49 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/#comment-90123 Hmm-it just dawned on me all these years later-I wonder what D said to HER mom about my hand differences? The irony of my stance never occurred to me until this moment... ~lmc Hmm-it just dawned on me all these years later-I wonder what D said to HER mom about my hand differences? The irony of my stance never occurred to me until this moment…

~lmc

]]> By: lisa http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-90121 lisa Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:02:25 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/#comment-90121 I'm so sorry-but, my mother went through something very similar with me when I was 7. She set me up with a girl a few doors down, we had both just moved to the neighborhood, same age etc. I refused to play with her because she was different. I was adamant. My mother was at a loss. The difference? She had "boy hair." She was white. We are, 35 years later, still good friends. Hang in there. ~lmc I’m so sorry-but, my mother went through something very similar with me when I was 7. She set me up with a girl a few doors down, we had both just moved to the neighborhood, same age etc. I refused to play with her because she was different. I was adamant. My mother was at a loss.
The difference? She had “boy hair.” She was white. We are, 35 years later, still good friends. Hang in there. ~lmc

]]> By: Annie Malie http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/comment-page-1/#comment-90119 Annie Malie Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:16:29 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/08/01/the-incident-at-the-playground/#comment-90119 Holy crap, you raised a racist daughter!!!! Maybe it was that church your parents take her to. I bet the Jesus at church is white instead of black like everyone knows Jesus is. Or maybe its because you eat meat and have to regard for life. MURDERER!!! www.AnUrbanStory.com Holy crap, you raised a racist daughter!!!!

Maybe it was that church your parents take her to.
I bet the Jesus at church is white instead of black like everyone knows Jesus is. Or maybe its because you eat meat and have to regard for life. MURDERER!!!

http://www.AnUrbanStory.com

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