Is this little boy racist?

[mydogishot]

My friend was looking after her neighbours son whilst she had appt.
My friend was to drop the boy to nursery and his mum would collect him afterwards.
We were going out after so I walked to nursery with them, I do know boy and he knows me!
When we got there a lady in full face veil was dropping her child.

Boy pointed at her, started laughing and calling her bad.

I was shocked, knee down to ask him why he said that. He shrugged and said it's true, that's why her face is covered.

He is 4 (nearly 5).

We live in London (so very multicultural).

Should my friend talk to his mum?
I'm worried she'll find out something she doesn't want to know!?

Not much the school can do here, they teach the children, not the parents. Whatever is said in the family home is up to them, however unpalatable it may seem to others.

@hmm ohh I see, yeah I didn't mean it sarcastically, that poor boy is being set up for a lifetime of being a racist.

I did giggle at "I know all the NF" but knew what you meant 😂 imagined you have a tea party with them surrounded by nazi memrobelia haha!

Presumably your friend will no longer be doing favours for her neighbour.

Poor little boy.

My 3 year old thought a woman in full burka we saw in Harrods was a ‘scooby doo bad guy’ and shouted at her but luckily she found his delight at meeting her and my terribly English apologising very funny.

@keefthebeef

She may have found it amusing because you obviously were apologetic and unfortunately that doesn't happen very often.

With this little boy:
I can only hope that as he gets older, school will help him see that that sort of behaviour is not acceptable.

My friend is stuck in a weird place now!
She doesn't want to help the mum out with childminding but she has a real affection for the little lad.

This was the first time he'd said anything like this around her.

I suppose she could look after him and try to gently teach him a more accepting way of life.

Nobody is born racist, this child is 4 so his learnt these views from his parents and family. The child is not to blame, he didn’t ask to beborm to parents with pea size racist brains!

It’s like anything be it race or same sex relationships we do tend to learn our views from our parents when we are small. Yes when he gets to school they will teach about expecting all etc but it’s pointless if his going home to a racist family

Robbers hide their faces, so in kids logic, hidden face = bad person.
Nothing racist. They say what they see.

a 4 year old doesnt have the context or life experience to be genuinely racist. I would say that he has made a racist statement that hes been taught