To ask parents of mixed race children…..

[SunsetOverTheBeach]

….. how do you deal with the upset caused by racist incidents?

My son is in his final year of primary. Over the past few months there have been a couple of incidents were racist comments have been directed at him without any provocation (confirmed by staff at school). Different kids each time.

The school have gone through the necessary formalities (officially logging incidents, informing parents etc).

My question is how do you deal with the distress it causes? As a white person born and raised in the UK this is new terrain for me.

He came home heartbroken today.

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@IMissVino thank you very much - I appreciate the links. I will definitely read these.

You’re very welcome.

Don't be ridiculous, of course that is not what I mean, and you know it.
What I am stressing is that people should be able to live wherever they like, free from discrimination. Racism needs to be called out and challenged wherever it occurs. And it occurs everywhere. Nowhere did I say a person from an ethnic minority background should change their attitude.