My 4 year old DS was watching Cbeebies the other day when a guy came on and DS said "I dont like that man cause he has brown skin" I was totally . Had a chat to him about this and it came down to the fact that he did not like this guys curly hair but the fact that he mentioned the colour of his skin really worried me. His favourite Cbeebies presenter is Sid so not sure why he should suddenly come out with this.
Also his friend is nursery is Asian and it has never crossed his mind that they may look different. Unfortunatley where we live there are very few non white people, apart from his friend at nurserys family, so he is not used to experiencing different races and cultures.
Really would appreciate some help in dealing with this, does anyone know of any good books that would help.
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Explaining racism to a 4 year old.
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SheSellsSanctury · 10/07/2008 09:49
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