to challenge a racist remark made by a ten year old ?

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A ten year old very well, I know remarked to me that Indians should all go home and stop trying to make little Indias in England. I was shocked and told them that that was a racist thing to say, said that they should do some reading about immigration and emmigration and that it wasn't nice to say things like that . I also tried to explain how if they went to other countries they'd find british people living there, making little Englands, that people lived all over the world. And that they shouldn't say these things when they hadn't travelled outside Britain.

I wasn't angry or shouting. I was amazed at what they were saying and insistent.They said that they knew already everything they needed to know already because they'd seen newsround and seen pictures of India, and that indians were going round killing people and blowing things up. I then said that they sounded bigoted and explained bigot, before the child's mother stopped me.

The child's mother is really angry at me and has said that that her child wasn't racist because she's too young and that she justified in saying those things because of a boy at her school that was indian who was mean to her and because of the news coverage of the woolwhich attack.
. and that I was completely out of order to say what i said. Apparently I attacked her child and was patronizing. She said a ten year old couldn't be racist because they are a child and compared it too a four year with a stutter, saying i wouldn't have told the four year old he had a speech impediment.

what do you think ? aibu?

I think, rather than huffing and getting strangers to congranulate you on your amazing bravery bollocking a ten-year old for bigotry and racism, perhaps you could support her mother addressing the root cause of this who, unless I have misunderstood, was the girl being bullied at school by an Indian boy.

Perhaps her mum could read with her about India, invite Indian friends back to tea, discuss the danger of fear of one child escalating into racism by judging all people of that appearance etc etc.

Your reaction sounds rather hysterical. I agree with the mother you were OTT.

Depends whether your friendship with her and desire to help the daughter gently come to better conclusions about people is more important than approbation on line.

There are lots of worthwhile movements tackling unacceptable behaviour who would be glad of such a selfless and untiring volunteer.