Hey guys
Today my son came home from school and he was chatting away and he came out with a racist term...I immediately wanted to know where he had heard this word and he told me that a child in his class has said it. I couldn't understand what context the word was used in, in the sense of was my son was called this word or what, so it lead to a conversation between me and my son to explain that this term was a bad thing to say and that it would upset people if he was to say this term.
This leads me to my question, how can I discuss race and racism in a way that a 4 year old would understand? He is bi-racial, Nigerian and British, and he is knowledgeable in his heritage etc, but I'm just looking for ways to explain race and racism to him. I don't feel like I'm explaining myself in a good way, but I don't want to ignore questions about anything race related or if he comes into contact with these racist term. I don't want to keep saying "this is a bad thing to say" and leave it at that as he's at that "why?" stage in life and I'd like to have the answers but on a 4 year old level. I can explain race and racism to an adult but for some reason my mind goes blank when it comes up with my son/s (I have a 3 year old too).
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated...TIA x
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ifIwasinvisiblewaitIalreadyam · 21/01/2019 19:38
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