To Be Furious About My Neighbours Racist 7 Year Old Son

[DaisyGoneCrazy]

We went swimming yesterday and caught a taxi home. The Neighbours kid was playing on the street on his bike.
As The taxi pulled away this Boy screamed out "watch my bike you stupid fucking paki" i seriously could not belive it. I immediatly went to speak to his mother who shrugged and said "oh well" but did call him in.
Then about an hour later this boy bangs on my door asking if my son would play out with him, i told him no and explained to my son that i didnt want him playing with this boy anymore.
I promise this isn't a troll post ,WWYD?
AIBU?

Same as you.

Same thing, and at aged 7 I would also tell the boy why!

Her obviously hears things like this at home. Sounds snobby, but I really suspect he is not the sort of child/family I would want my children involved with.

Yanbu. But you know that this 7 year old has heard this from his own home, so it's the parents which are your real problem.

I think I would have done more or less the same as you: perhaps I'd have explained to my son why, at seven I would guess he is old enough to understand racism and he certainly will want to know why you've banned him. Is the rest of the family like that or do you think this boy is just nasty?

The mother clearly thinks it is acceptable by her response. Easy to work out that the child has picked this up in his home. :(

Wow. I would be so ashamed if my DSs spoke to anyone like that. It must be from the parents. If you want my honest opinion I would have nothing to do with the whole family.

Poor kid! Saying that, I'd probably do the same as you, or go further and give him a long explanation why... though that would probably make things difficult for my own child.

YANBU I wouldn't want my DC hanging around with a child who treated others badly. However a child that young heard that stuff from someone around him, most likely his family. I'd be angrier at the adult/adults than the child.

I Agree it comes from the parents..his mother once told me to hit him if he was cheeky i don't even hit my own kids never mind somone else's.

It's appalling, but at 7 the boy probably won't understand what he has said. If it were me, I think I would take him aside, and simply tell him off for what he has said, demand an apology, and then decide if you want you son to mix with him. I would also take it up with the parents and demand better from both them and their son in future. If the behaviour continues, then stop him seeing your son.

yanbu,we have a boy 6 and is a right pita and my son(9)came home saying this boy had been racist another boy had said his nan had ordered a curry for tea and the 6 yr old said oh what r u fucking paki?only pakis eat curry,so my son & other boy went and told his mum and she just said so what,hes right their all smelly pakis.
my son told her off for being so nasty and walked away,he was upset and asked me how could she be so racist as it was only curry and he likes curry and he is white so did that mean he couldnt eat curry anymore.

sadly the kids get it from the parents or adults around them at that age :(

I would have also said something and also stopped my son playing with him I suspect.

My Mum recently stayed with us and said she would be able to get some ingredients to make the curry I did while she was here herself in the 'paki shop'. She doesn't think she is racist and genuinely didn't understand why what she said was wrong. I had to explan it to her and that I didn't want my DC to hear people speaking like that.