Comments on: Do kids see color?

By: Georgiene

Georgiene — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:06:28 +0000

kids see color and it sticks out a lot especially in high school and boys i know coz i’ma high school student. Like when a person gets ticked off at me they’ll call u a mutt or mixed breed and it’s crazy i don’t think they should be that way. Sometimes i wonder why i couldn’t have been all black but then most of the times i love my complexion and my hair.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:14:38 +0000

>Kids are as racist as the world they are born into. Often they appear to be worse because they are not as aware of social taboos.

Got to agree with you there, Justin. I remember similar stories like white kids pulling their eyes back and doing the: “Chinese! Japanese! Dirty Knees! Look at these!” and all that other crap.

I remember I also went to a Catholic private school when I was younger (2nd -5th grade). When I was in 4th grade, we were studying Africa and this white kid looked at the map and said, “Niger…is that where n*ggers come from?” Then, that same year, a different kid said, “Well, black people are more likely to commit crimes and steal.”

Then, people wonder why I’m so suspicious of some people who claim, “I’m not racist!” all the time. I’m like, “Sorry, but I remember this racist sh*t from my formative years..”

By: justin

justin — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:14:38 +0000

Kids are as racist as the world they are born into. Often they appear to be worse because they are not as aware of social taboos. You all might be sick of my stories, but here are a few more.
I have had primary school children skip down the road along side me chanting “ching chong chinaman” and toddlers in supermarket trolleys clasping their hands together then saying “ah-so”. Once I came across two four to six year old kids playing alone (or abandoned ) in an alleyway I was walking through. One of them stood up said “ two dollaa, suckee suckee “. I think he was trying to impersonate Eric Cartman from South park. I looked away and walked home.
The Indianapolis star is asking the wrong questions. ‘What colour are you’ is not the same as what are you or where are you from. Maybe those are adult questions, maybe they should use flash cards of Dora the Explorer and Jennifer Lopez. Show children pictures of different races and ask them which one’s the terrorist.

By: Leigh-Anne

Leigh-Anne — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:44:48 +0000

Sorry me again! Carmen mentioned something about compliments (which is why I wanted to post here in the first place). My mom’s relatives always compliment me on my fair skin, long hair and how well I speak (i.e. I speak standard South African English with a private school accent) while my white relatives always remark on how easily I tan - I can spend hours in the sun without even going pink - I go golden brown immediately - and how I don’t need a perm to achieve curls, all I do is avoid my blowdrier. Why do they remark on things I had no control over?? I find it SO FREAKY!! It’s not like I sat down with a list and ticked off characteristics I’d like to have. Why can’t people just compliment a mixed race child the way they’d compliment any other child??

By: Leigh-Anne

Leigh-Anne — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:32:28 +0000

My mom is mixed race (Black, White and lots of other interesting bits we can’t really explain!) and my dad is white. I look so much like my mom it’s eerie… I have my mom’s high cheekbones, small pointy nose, and darkbrown eyes framed by long long long eyelashes… but no-one ever sees this!! All they see is my white girl’s skin and brown long hair. The only thing I inherited from my dad is my skin colour and hair texture and colour, but whenever my dad’s family see me they comment on how I look nothing like my mom and so much like them!!

By: mtevc

mtevc — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:21:32 +0000

I hate hearing…”your child is so beautiful, just like a Benneton ad.” UGH! Someone actually said that…or the, “her child (the one with blond hair) doesn’t look anything like her Mom,” even though we have the same lip shape and the same profile.