DS is 3. His father is from the Middle East and so he and all DS's family on his father's side have got black hair and dark skin. You wouldn't know it too look at DS however. My Nordic genes have massively prevailed and he is a big tall blond fair skinned toddler. But he is obsessed with brown skin and cannot pass a POC without pointing and saying "THAT PERSON HAS BROWN SKIN" sometimes closely followed by "like daddy or granny or insert cherished relative's name here". He also wants all his dollies to have black hair and brown skin.
I assume it's a phase but it's really dragging on, being going on for months and months.I know it comes from a place of excitement and love (and probably mostly longing as he doesn't see his paternal grandmother/cousins nearly enough) but it's getting embarrassing given how white I am and how white he looks. I always remind him that it's not polite to point or to comment on other people's appearance and that's worked for body shape or disability but with race he just can't contain himself, the excitement becomes too much.
Any advice?