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There is too much emphasis we put on our color we need to get down to basics and culture Our children ask questions when they just don't know, the answers we give, they'll use as they grow. It is a natural attentiveness for children to notice the differences of the people who are living amongst us Thee eyes on that man! can he see out of them? a friend's child once asked of me, the man knelt down as he turned around and said, " That is cause I am Korean". While watching T.V my daughter noticed thee difference between her and a man, she said, "Why is he darker than me?" I just told her he was born with a tan. And it was at this time we were standing in line, amongst the few whites in the market, when a little black girl took notice in her and asked, " Why is her hair so different?" Curious children with innocent minds both go hand and hand, but if WE as their teacher's stop pointing our fingers the future generation would get along just fine.

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