Who’s Prejudiced Now?
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It turns out that the awful noise I heard was a dead transmission. The AAA guy towed it to our mechanic, who very wisely advised us to have it towed to the dealer for a few diagnostic tests. Needless to say, the Frumettes and I spent quite a lot of time at Mr. Nguyen’s garage yesterday afternoon.
As we drove away, I put down my window and yelled a valediction in Mr. Nguyen’s direction.
“They all look alike to me. How can you tell them apart, Mama?”
Um…what did she just say?
“No, really, Mama. They all look the same.”
“POPPYSEED PRINCESS FRUMMIE!” I exclaimed, “how could you say such a terrible thing? Would it be OK if someone looked at a bunch of Jews and said, ‘hey, I can’t tell them apart; all those Jews just look the same to me.’ Or what about if a black person looked at a bunch of white people and said, ‘you know, I can’t tell one from the other.’ Would that be OK?”
“Ma-MA, I mean because they are all wearing the same uniform.”
Oops.
“Hey Poppyseed, any other reason that you think that they all look alike?”
“Of course.”
A-ha. Here it comes…
“They’re all guys.”
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🙂 Reminds me of a story I heard where a kindergardener boy asked his mom how he was different from Kim, who was a girl in his class. After stuttering through the birds and bees talk, the kid said, “Okay, but what does being Chinese mean?”
Or the one about the kid who begs, “where do I come from?” and after the parent fumphers around with an explanation of the birds and the bees, the kid says “no, I mean Jake was born in Omaha. Where do I come from?”
That Poppyseed is a wise woman…kudos to her! =)
Yes. Yes, she is.
Hilarious. Just goes to show, you never know what is going on in their little brains…it’s not usually what we think it is!!!! 🙂
Nope. Rarely is.
A while back, I was trying to test the waters to see if E was ready to talk about differences, race, etc. I asked her about two teachers, B, who is caucasian, and N, who is African-American. I asked her which one looked most like her. E thought for a split second and said, N, because she has red hair. I was confused until I dropped her off the next day and noticed that N had dyed her hair—red! 🙂
Just fascinating what our kids see. And what we don’t. 🙂
Priceless! I had to share this with my officemate, who also laughed heartily for several seconds.
Glad to have provided some levity in your day.
LOL! Priceless! .. all guys 🙂
And this is a BEAUTIFUL new page! Love it!
I know. Stopped me in my tracks.
Thanks.
I love the simplicity that children think with… if only we all thought that way 🙂
Thanks for sharing!!