Originally Posted by Skillz Unlimited

Since we're talking about racism and children, i actually put my son in a private school with mostly white people ON PURPOSE (i think you've all figured out by now that i'm black). I want him to be culturaly diverse and have friends of all races. I dont want him to only hang around black people and only pick up 'black' traits so to speak. It's the little things you do in your childs life that make a big difference. Those little things can affect them negatively or positively. When i was a child, i was raised in the hood. Had roaches, rats, you name it, i had it. However, my father made sure that on weekends I was hanging with his white co-workers kids. I even had white adults that i use to hang out with and they didn't even have kids. The point is, it exposed me to things outside of the hood and broadened my way of thinking. Now, i'm well balanced. He made sure i didn't become a product of my environment. I can step into a corperate situation and handle myself perfectly. I can walk through the hood at night and be fine also. The problem with the way a lot of parents raise their children is they only expose them to their culture, their traditions, and they dont know anything else. if they dont hang around people outside of their culture, then they will remain ignorant to other races. When he tries to bring a black friend home and his racist father frowns on it, it's sending him a message that black people are bad, just like Dog does. It starts with the parents. Racism is passed down, it's not genetic. If we raise our kids right, the world will be a better place.

I mean this for black people also. Make your child think outside of the box. Don't take away their chances of success because they are to scared to befriend a black person. I know black people who say they refuse to do business with white people, yet they are barely making it and living check to check. I have worked around MOSTLY white people my entire career. Me being open minded has placed a lot of money in my pocket. Money is green, that's the color that really matters.

It would be cool if we could all co-exist without racism. The world would be such a better place.