@rooeytoo Interesting suggestion if the kids don’t go to school, cut of the welfare. I am going to think about that. The only problem I see with it, is sometimes even when the parents do things right, the kids don’t do as they should. But, at first glance it seems like a good suggestion. I guess someone would argue it penalizes people with children.
About telling people they are too dumb or too fat, I think this way also, it becomes a self fufilling prophecy. Fairly recently there was an argument toremove classes about slavery in the Texas schools, maybe segregation too, I am not sure really, but it was basically about removing from the text books and lesson plans history regarding race relations. Many people were up in arms about it, stating it is likentrying to bury the painful truth, that white people don’t want the ugly truth out. But, I thought to myself, what does learning all of that do to the psyche of the black child? Now, I knew fairly young that my people had been sent to the ovens during Hitler less than 30 years before my birth, but the children I played with were not those people who had done the deed. What I concluded was I think it has to be taught, but not at a very young age. Ironic we are talking about this, because just three days ago I was talking to a gentleman at my gym, and he was telling me a story, which I will not bore you with, and he told me his grandaughter in second grade learned about slavery. I was a little shocked. It seems so young to me.
My husband is Mexican born and raised, and I don’t think he ever thinks of himself as a minority when he applies for a job, meets people, name it. His last name is not Hispanic, so they would never know from a resume anyway, although he is fluent in Spanish obviously. He doesn’t have some sort of tape playing in his head wondering what the other person is thinking, do they notice his accent, etc. I agree his attitude of believing no one will care about those things, means in fact no one does.