Sadly, even in this day and age all kinds of prejudice, hate and equally bad things still exist. We’re fortunate enought to live in an area that is VERY culturally diverse. In fact, with the way we move around and the people we associate with – we’ve always had the kids in pretty diverse surroundings. Every once in a while I have to just sit back and think of how great it is that that’s just a part of life for them – nothing like this little white boy growing up in rural western PA 25 or 30 years ago.

It just came to my attention again last night as we were watching TV and my son insisted a little boy on the show we were watching was in his Kindergarten class. Obviously, it wasn’t the same kid, but being the good dad I am, I challeneged him in a good natured and fun way. After a little back and forth I just gave him, “That kid looks exactly like the boy in your class?”

Little man’s response was great, “Yeah…except he (the boy in his class) has darker colored skin.”

Now at first some of the wackos out there are going to think that’s a bad thing. Here’s a six year old already noticing the ‘color of the skin’ thing. But I thought just the opposite. It was in the completely nonchalant way he said it – as if he were saying “No, he has a different color of hair” or “No, he’s taller” or something like that.

In his world people just have different colors of skin the same way they have different colored eyes or hair or whatever. I think that’s awesome.