my six year old called a white kid a cannibal and got sent home.?

Question

the other kid hit my son to provoke it but went unpunished....why is
cannibalism such a touchy subject for you people???? whats your take?

Answer 1

Wow. Your kids really have problems. First your ten year-old mouthed off to a Mexican child (only after he was hit, of course) and now your six year-old is calling white children cannibals (with the same excuse that he was hit).

1. I propose that your children are lying about being hit OR
2. I propose that your children don't even know the words you're using OR
3. I propose that you are lying about all of this, possibly including the fact that you have children at all, to make a point.

If your point is that other races should be humbled by their ancestors (a question you posted recently) and you are giving scenarios to prove that point, you may be faced with some ignorant, prejudiced responses. Some may respond to the boy slurring a Mexican by insisting he was right - after all, he was provoked. This same person might be horrified that he called a white person a cannibal, and completely turn on him. Hypocrisy is everywhere if you are looking for it. Prejudice knows no color, no gender. However, looking to the long-ago past as a means of judging someone's character is a prejudice in and of itself.

The individual - black, white, Asian, Hispanic, Egyptian, what have you, is not his past. He/she may have been indoctrinated as such, but it is not what defines him. His actions and what he chooses to do (or is capable of doing) in his own life are his character; the amount of positive energy he can share throughout his journey is what makes his spirit, and empathy and compassion are what humbles him. If his ancestors were cannibals but he (she) is a terrific person with a great heart, his humility will come from his own experiences and that of others, not his father's father's father's father.

If this has happened to your children I suggest you try to find what caused the outburst of anger in the first place (it is rare for a young child to hit another without any provocation) and try to remedy that between the kids. It wouldn't hurt to meet the other child's mother or father and let the kids have a play date wherein you both bring up the reason, in front of your children, why intolerance of any kind is unacceptable. If the other parent is unwilling you can still teach your own child to be empathic.

Best of luck.

Answer 2

I eat a midget every night for dinner. I don't see what's the big deal.

Sounds like your son is clever. That's the encouraging part of the story. Unfortunately, maybe now he knows he can get a day off for being clever. So, that could lead to some challenges for you.

I predict that this young chap is going to make you very proud and happy over the years. A lot of elementary school mentality is conventional to the extent of being Nazi.

We both know the real world doesn't work like that. The U.S. does not reward conventionality very well. It's a bold and maverick country, so I would say your son is in good shape and don't worry about the system.

I know a kid that was called into the Principal's office and humiliated at the same age.

His sin? Sharing food with a kid in need in the cafeteria. Sharing is so outrageous, it seems, that the Principal had to be called in.

Don't take this stuff too seriously. I would tell your son not to worry about it, but that learning is important and don't get too used to skipping out on school.

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BTW -- who is "you people"? White people? I guess the answer to that is we bomb each other to hell, we don't eat each other. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

It is was just his racist remark not so much that he said cannibal. your kid must be another color than white. If he called a white kid that I'm sure he wouldn't have been sent home, but cannibalism is sick so is eating any flesh. We are not these bodies;IE race, color, nationality, religion, job, mind, intellect, senses, etc. WE are eternal spirit souls, part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, also known as Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, etc. We have to see each other as all connect to get off this bodily conception of life and be truly happy. The quickest way to purify the heart and mind of all this nonsense is to chant the maha mantra (the great mantra for deliverance from all suffering and illusion ) go to harekrishnatemple.c Read Bhagavad Gita As it is By Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada which gives the purpose of human life.

Answer 4

your other kid called a mexican a heart eater got a detention and you were upset about that too.. i think you just need to be a good parent and teach your children the meaning of racism and how it is not right in any form no matter what excuse you use. no one race is above any other we are all humans.

Answer 5

because cannibalism is an evil word, lol, well actually if your living in the west then all i can say is your government and your laws and your system and your society and everything is in the gutter. don't expect anything different.