Wm came home from school today and asked what's happening with the "police controversy." Apparently some boy at school brought it up and Wm had questions. So we explained, in general terms, what's been happening. We told him that many people, including us, are very upset because they think the police, and society, treats black people differently than white people - and we used that as a jumping off point to move the conversation over to racism and intolerance. (We also made sure that he still feels safe around police if he needs help!! And also made sure he knew that police are there to help/protect him and that most of them are very good people - which is an easy thing to do since he immediately said, "I know most police are good guys...Uncle Drew is definitely good.")
We told him that if see/hears someone being racist or intolerant, it is imperative that he not ignore it - that racism is never to be tolerated (and that silence is not acceptable). We were talking about ways to address racism in different scenarios and I asked what he could say if he heard someone say something mean about being Jewish and he goes, "I'd say, 'KNOCK IT OFF, HITLER!'"
Wm seemed satisfied with that, asked a couple more questions, and then changed gears by asked me what my favorite element was. When I said, "plutonium," he goes, "THAT'S MY FAVORITE ELEMENT TOO! We have the same favorite element!!" Which he seemed weirdly excited about.
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