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Originally Posted by ahi
If your son/daughter was mixed or black, would you be comfortable giving him/her Tin Tin to read? Or Asterix? Or Verne's Mysterious Island? Or Tom Sawyer for that matter?
- Ahi
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As it happens, I have no problem with it.
I teach my children that human beings are not dogs.
There is zero value in some claimed genetic pedigree.
I point out that ony 3 out of every 10 North Americans is a genetically pure anything at all.
And that it doesnt matter.
Humans have always presented derogative views of groups they disliked, even when they had to contrive the alledged connections to start with.
People are just as likely to do this over skin color, economic status, language, education, religion, or sexuality as they are over melanine content.
Why would I tech my children anything else?
It isn't a kind world, and I wish for them to be best able to cope with the world that is really there. Not helplessy waiting for someone else to make it all better.