tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611710.post5560402143052462166..comments2024-03-27T22:55:48.214-03:00Comments on garcias2chile: Reverse RacismStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03603244678280067360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611710.post-90724948855068298142009-03-09T14:48:00.000-03:002009-03-09T14:48:00.000-03:00Unfortunately, being different is always difficult...Unfortunately, being different is always difficult. A little "moreno" boy here in our neighborhood had the experience of racism in his classroom. The teacher always hugged each student goodbye at the end of the day. When she got to him, she said, "No, tu no. Eres demasiado negrito," and passed him by! Thank goodness, his family stood up for him, complained to the principal and switched him to another school. You just have to fill him with love so that his self esteem will be able to take a beating and use each encounter as a way to educate people.David and Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417235531758838423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611710.post-73062733024563685372009-03-08T19:51:00.000-03:002009-03-08T19:51:00.000-03:00It always makes me wonder what people are thinking...It always makes me wonder what people are thinking here when they complain about all the Hispanic people "taking over" on one hand, and stop in their tracks to see Charleigh in the next moment. She never fails to draw attention where ever we go..we get the "so cute" thing so much that I'm afraid she won't know there are other things that are important besides being cute. I wonder what school will be like for her; I mostly worry about her not knowing how to speak Spanish and that the Hispanic kids might not accept her.<BR/><BR/>I remember when we moved into our neighborhood and a white family greeted us with "I'm so glad to have a nother white family in the neighborhood." To which I smiled, "Well, we're 20 percent Hispanic!"<BR/>(I've never seen them since!)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071728508673942664noreply@blogger.com