TheBanyanTree: LITTLE MOUSE~

[smack58 at nycap.rr.com]

But I think that my surprise was the way my little son took it...sort of matter-of-factly, which hurt me even more.  Of course, we had a very long conversation and many, many more through the years to let both boys know, it was NOT acceptable and they were not to think it was ok.

Sharon
---- Woofie <Woofie at woofess.com> wrote: 
Very evocative! Children can be soooo cruel:(
W:)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 3:39:09 AM, you wrote:

> Dedicated to my sons who are grown men now but had to live the
> torture of being racially mixed children.  I wrote this years ago
> after my oldest had a specific incident with a terrible bully.

> LITTLE MOUSE~


> Hello little mouse!
> Are you some rats little child?
> Because if you are,
> I won't love you anymore.
>                       Anonymous

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Mommy, why did Robbie
> call me a 
> nigger?

> Oh, I don't know, son.
> Maybe he was angry
> at you--

> Mommy, 
> what does it mean?
> He says 
> he has to beat me up.

> He has to beat you up?

> Yeah, 'cause I'm a nigger,
> my son said 
> through a mouthful
> of after school snack.





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