And a little white girl with her mom points at you and yells "LOOK, MOMMY! A BLACK PERSON! A BLACK PERSON! MOMMY! LOOK!" Would you be angry, even though she's only a little girl? Just wondering. Hypothetical question, by the way.
2007-09-11 03:12:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Nah, I wouldn't be angry; I'd shove it off a few minutes later
I might even laugh about it lol
2007-09-11 03:17:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
You know, I thought about my sons. And they would never say look at a black, white, Asian etc. person and say something like that. They have thankfully been raised around different cultures and are mixed themselves. I'm white, hubby's black, my sister's married to a Hispanic etc. They've lived in LA around my husbands family, went to school w/ all races, live in CA w/ my family going to school w/ all races.
I am truly blessed.
I don't think anyone would get mad at a child for saying something like that, they are just a child. But, if the child used a derogatory comment, then I think and hope that the person would confront the parent because the child most likely learned it from the parent.
God Bless!
2007-09-11 03:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by FrancoAmerican! 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Happened to me at church before (the girl was a teenager, too) and yes I was angry. Wouldn't a white person be angry if the situation was flipped so that it was a black person saying "Look mommy a white person! A white person! Look!" Of course. It's only natural. I'd be more angry at her mother for not exposing her to different cultures.
Thumbs down to the truth, right?
2007-09-11 05:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by Qwerty™ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Hypothetical? Nah. I've actually had that happen to me.
I was totally upset - not so much b/c the child said that but b/c the parent was absolutely silent as if it was an acceptable thing to do.
I glared at the mother and kept walking, completely ignoring the child.
2007-09-11 07:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by YSIC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It does happen. When I was 17 my friends and I were on the bus and a white woman with her two small kids got on and the little boy said to his mother, "mommy look n*gg*rs". We didn't say anything, he was too young to know any better, children only repeat and imitate what they see and hear their parents do.
2007-09-11 03:34:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I would probably laugh...
i don't really think i'd be mad, i mean, i AM in fact black so it's not like she's pointing out something thats not true,
but i'd assume she's not that familiar with seeing black people so it's a rare thing.
It's like a child saying, look mommy, a pony! children tend to do that when they see something they recognize, but aren't really around it, so it excites them in a way...
2007-09-11 03:17:08 · answer #6 · answered by Katrina 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
You are a bit late....Children says that all the time... Now you know how racism is developed, it starts at the home, I mean why do you need to point out a person if they are black I don't get the point at all!! Why don't the parents just say thats another person like you... jeez!!
2007-09-11 05:26:19 · answer #7 · answered by Alsee 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't be angry. She's probably just never seen a black person before. But I would wonder where they live, that she hasn't seen anyone with dark skin before, lol. I imagine it would be more embarrassing for the mother than for me.
2007-09-11 03:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by eyikoluvsandy 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Had this happen thousands of times.
There just kids. Why would any sane person go crazy off of that?
Hell
Even adults act like that when they see me.
I get mistaken for black/asian or black mixed alot. Meh.
2007-09-11 03:18:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would probably laugh. If they kept their child sheltered to the point where she's never seen black ppl than how can I be mad?
2007-09-11 03:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋