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My daughter has experienced her first incidence of racism towards her.

posted a year ago by AndyKing1967 (39705)
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My daughter is 10 this year and has been lucky enough to have avoided racism until now. I am Caucasian and my wife is Indonesian 🇮🇩

She is a Cub Scout and the two women who run it are in their 70s.

A recent task was to draw an angel, so she drew one that had brown eyes and dark hair, like herself. One of the leaders told her to do it again because, “angels only have blonde hair and blue eyes.”

When I heard what had happened I was livid and wanted to make a complaint because you just can’t say things like that nowadays. Anyway, my daughter just shrugged and said, “Don’t make a fuss Daddy - she’s just an old lady”, which I thought was pretty cool.

So, I’m going to respect my daughter’s wishes and move on; I’m still upset about it though.

[–] mechajutaro (2788) a year ago

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[–] Kowalski (78704) a year ago

WHAT THE FUCK,BRO?

[–] mechajutaro (2788) a year ago

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[–] Kowalski (78704) a year ago

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[–] mechajutaro (2788) a year ago

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[–] keybored (2668) a year ago

She gives hope to the future of mankind that she can shrug it off as someone else having a different opinion to hers (albeit a wrong one) instead of going on an insane and manic rant like most youth nowadays.

If only more people could be like her.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) a year ago

Thanks for the lovely compliment. Obviously I’m biased, but she really is a super little girl and she makes me very proud.

[–] keybored (2668) a year ago

You're welcome.

It would have been nice to have educated them on the fact that most of the highest angels are depicted as looking like something out of a Lovecraft novel and that nowhere in the Bible does it state that angels are blue eyed and blonde and that they owe your daughter an apology.

What biblical angels should really look like as they are described - https://youtu.be/bc1OjNcowPU

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) a year ago

We’ve put it behind us now, however, if anything similar happens in the future, I will be making a formal complaint.

[–] keybored (2668) a year ago

I would have suggested a quiet word with them as they are obviously just ignorant of what angels should look like and I prefer to educate people rather than antagonise them although many seem to do the latter when I try the former lol.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) a year ago

Honestly, we’re just going to let it go this time.

[–] mechajutaro (2788) a year ago

"Anyway, my daughter just shrugged and said, “Don’t make a fuss Daddy - she’s just an old lady”, which I thought was pretty cool"

Your daughter is a lot more intelligent and psychologically robust than many supposed adults who are running Ivy League universities and Fortune 500 companies. If more kids of her ilk are spread out across the nation, there may yet be hope for the future

[–] Theman (1253) a year ago

Cry me a river.

[–] Theman (1253) a year ago

No. These broads are right. I play a lot of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons second edition reprint and the racial descriptions of angels are just like you said. It’s in the Monster Manual.

[–] overseas7 (5066) a year ago

I am sorry to hear that.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) a year ago

It’s all good. She’s been lucky so far that she hasn’t had to experience it, but I’m glad she was able to brush it off.

[–] overseas7 (5066) a year ago

👍

[–] jk90us (8139) a year ago

Old lady was wrong but how is that racist? Did she say angels are only white?

[–] AndyKing1967 (39705) a year ago

She did.