Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - Colorblind
Tonight, we were watching a movie and my 7 year old, Kaden, caught someone on the movie talking about Martin Luther King, Jr.
He asked me, "Hey isn't that the guy from the Bible or something?"
I said, "Well, I think you're thinking of Martin Luther who is not in the Bible but helped translate the bible to German." I proceeded to tell him the limited (sad to say) knowledge I had of Martin Luther King, Jr. I let him know how he really helped the black people in our nation become equal to white men.
He said, "You mean because they used to be slaves?"
"Yes, and then even after they were free from slavery, white men still didn't want to treat them nicely, like they weren't as good as white people."
"Okay, okay, so what about peach people? Did they do that too?"
I said, "Yep, even peach people--and still today some white and peach people aren't very nice to black people."
"You mean Americans?"
"Yes, Americans."
He paused, scowled, and said matter-of-factly, "Mommy, I hate Americans. I mean I really really hate Americans. Isn't that terrible Mommy? I don't want to be an American."
Of course I explained that it wasn't ALL Americans, a lot less now than before Martin Luther King, Jr.
I love that he is colorblind and that he is shocked at the idea of racism.
