With a black James Bond on the horizon and a dark gentleman having just been re-elected to run the US, I have been attempting to educate our lovely 4-year old about different races and colours...
Recently on the tube in London: "Mummy, show me your face please". Then pointing to the black gentleman sitting right next to him: "Lui, il a des grandes губки". ("He's got large lips")... Luckily, the gentleman in question did not speak all the 3 languages involved in this communique and was generally oblivious to the whole discussion. Which saved us an extortionate amount of awkwardness in public.
So all in all, with respect to education, progress is slow so far. My boy clearly fails to notice the different colours on people's faces and rather pays attention to other special features he considers far more important than colour.
Recently on the tube in London: "Mummy, show me your face please". Then pointing to the black gentleman sitting right next to him: "Lui, il a des grandes губки". ("He's got large lips")... Luckily, the gentleman in question did not speak all the 3 languages involved in this communique and was generally oblivious to the whole discussion. Which saved us an extortionate amount of awkwardness in public.
So all in all, with respect to education, progress is slow so far. My boy clearly fails to notice the different colours on people's faces and rather pays attention to other special features he considers far more important than colour.
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