I love this for so many reasons. Our children are tainted by terms from all types of people from different sides of the table. I just recently spoke with my son about how people are afraid if what they don't understand. Don't allow fear to dictate how you see others, for everyone has their battles their are trying to overcome.
I then noticed when he was explaining someone's appearance at school, he simply explained to me the color of the hair, something we all have but vary in color. It also reminded me of a story from when he was in Kindergarten. You see, he is color blind. He prefers to be called color "challenged". The aide in his kindergarten class knew of this challenge and would offer him support when it came to the color by numbers activities. She was from Jamaica and had darker skin than him. She wanted to see what he would say about her skin being that he sees color differently.
She asked "what color do you see when you see my skin?"
He looked at her with a puzzled look after she placed her arm next to his.
"It's just like mine, skin."
Like hair, we all have skin. It may vary in color but it does not determine who we are.
I then noticed when he was explaining someone's appearance at school, he simply explained to me the color of the hair, something we all have but vary in color. It also reminded me of a story from when he was in Kindergarten. You see, he is color blind. He prefers to be called color "challenged". The aide in his kindergarten class knew of this challenge and would offer him support when it came to the color by numbers activities. She was from Jamaica and had darker skin than him. She wanted to see what he would say about her skin being that he sees color differently.
She asked "what color do you see when you see my skin?"
He looked at her with a puzzled look after she placed her arm next to his.
"It's just like mine, skin."
Like hair, we all have skin. It may vary in color but it does not determine who we are.
