Hello Great People,
A while ago one of my grade one kids, Justin, came up to me and asked me if I was white. I told him no I'm not white, I'm sunburnt, which is pretty well the truth considering I am outside practically 16 hours a day. I asked Justin if he was Chinese and he said I think so (he is) and then he got distracted by his white (for real) buddy who wanted to play. For those who are racist they should come and watch my kindergarten and grade ones play. Black, brown, yellow, white, pink, red and all in between those kids play and fight and hold hands and hug and are buddies with whoever. They are colour blind. The older kids sometimes make a crack or two about their colour or someone else's, but they really don't care and they treat each other very normally, ie. with some respect, some jive, always finding something to laugh or make a crises about. At my last parent teacher interview I did not have one white guy show up, lots of Chinese, a few Indians (from India the real ones) and a black doctor from Nigeria. Being a very visible minority, tall, old, and sunburnt has barely registered with me because everyone I have crossed simply does not care. So it is obvious that racism is learned and I say it can be easily delearned. Just watch my classes of many colours and within half and hour you will realize: people are special because of who they choose to be not by the colour their genetic code gave them. End of sermon. Have a great Easter!
Love, Adios, and Peng On,
Dirk
A while ago one of my grade one kids, Justin, came up to me and asked me if I was white. I told him no I'm not white, I'm sunburnt, which is pretty well the truth considering I am outside practically 16 hours a day. I asked Justin if he was Chinese and he said I think so (he is) and then he got distracted by his white (for real) buddy who wanted to play. For those who are racist they should come and watch my kindergarten and grade ones play. Black, brown, yellow, white, pink, red and all in between those kids play and fight and hold hands and hug and are buddies with whoever. They are colour blind. The older kids sometimes make a crack or two about their colour or someone else's, but they really don't care and they treat each other very normally, ie. with some respect, some jive, always finding something to laugh or make a crises about. At my last parent teacher interview I did not have one white guy show up, lots of Chinese, a few Indians (from India the real ones) and a black doctor from Nigeria. Being a very visible minority, tall, old, and sunburnt has barely registered with me because everyone I have crossed simply does not care. So it is obvious that racism is learned and I say it can be easily delearned. Just watch my classes of many colours and within half and hour you will realize: people are special because of who they choose to be not by the colour their genetic code gave them. End of sermon. Have a great Easter!
Love, Adios, and Peng On,
Dirk
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