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Different ethnicities and cultures / diversities for children?

My four year old DS came home from nursery today and said someone was 'brown and smelly', I was mortified and explained it was a horrible thing to say and quite upsetting. He said he didn't say it to this child just that two other boys had said it to him. I explained that there are lots of people on the planet and we may look different but we are the same. I then went on to say how Black Panther is 'brown' and said isn't he a superhero.

We live in a rural village which is predominantly white so he has not had chance to meet other people from different cultures. I'm sorry if I sound stupid / naive - I just want to make sure I get this right with him as I don't want him saying this again. I also want to use the correct terminology.

Is there another way to explain it to him?

Thank you.

Would it be worth mentioning it to nursery so that the other boys get read a book too? How awful for children that age to be thinking things like that

There are reviews about some books here, they start age 2+ but scroll down for 4+ Books
www.madeformums.com/reviews/books-to-teach-children-about-race-and-diversity/

I might call them actually - that's a good point.

I explained to him that I was so sad he said it and it's never ok to say things like that because we are all humans and if I was sad imagine what this person felt. I just pray he is right when he says he didn't say anything to this child and it was the others, even though I know that's still horrible, too.

Thank you for the link, I will have a look.