11-30-2009, 02:07 AM
ok. this is what happened. My wife and daughter were at the grocery store and went to the bakery to get her a cookie. As the lady (an african american woman) walked away, my daughter said "thats a black one". Now if an adult said that it would be mightily offensive. But she was just stating a fact. She would have said, "thats a blue one" with the same amount of innocence had the person been blue. But we realized that she can't go around saying that b/c it may be hurtful regardless of her age. But i just don't know how to explain that to a 2 1/2 year old so she can grasp it. All her little friends are caucasian so she was just pointing out a difference in her mind (I suppose).