Mommy:
Yesterday was the election for president and other things. We were driving to "preschool" and the radio was still on talk a talk station from listening to election results and so I switched it to the front of the car. Rush Limbaugh was talking about Romney and Obama in a way that I felt was acceptable for Sarah to hear (I don't usually listen to him because I don't enjoy his disrespectful rants. At this time he was simply saying a vote for Romney was a vote for the idea that being a hard worker is good).
You called from the backseat that you would vote for Obama. I asked why he would be your choice and you got smiley and said it might be a silly reason and didn't want to share your reasoning. I was able to politely coax it out of you. You said, "I would vote for Obama because I like the color of his skin." I asked, "Oh, you like the color of his skin?" and expected you would mention Jenna. You said that it reminded you of the boy we went camping with in the cabin (Daniel Kissling). You paused, then you said he had the same color skin as Jenna. You proceeded to brainstorm all the people you know with similar skin color.
Now I get to use this as a teachable idea that we can like the colors of our skin because all the variations are beautiful but we should compare people for their character and their actions and not let the color of their skin sway our decisons.
Yesterday was the election for president and other things. We were driving to "preschool" and the radio was still on talk a talk station from listening to election results and so I switched it to the front of the car. Rush Limbaugh was talking about Romney and Obama in a way that I felt was acceptable for Sarah to hear (I don't usually listen to him because I don't enjoy his disrespectful rants. At this time he was simply saying a vote for Romney was a vote for the idea that being a hard worker is good).
You called from the backseat that you would vote for Obama. I asked why he would be your choice and you got smiley and said it might be a silly reason and didn't want to share your reasoning. I was able to politely coax it out of you. You said, "I would vote for Obama because I like the color of his skin." I asked, "Oh, you like the color of his skin?" and expected you would mention Jenna. You said that it reminded you of the boy we went camping with in the cabin (Daniel Kissling). You paused, then you said he had the same color skin as Jenna. You proceeded to brainstorm all the people you know with similar skin color.
Now I get to use this as a teachable idea that we can like the colors of our skin because all the variations are beautiful but we should compare people for their character and their actions and not let the color of their skin sway our decisons.
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