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Originally Posted by texaspaul
True juggling, but what if someone ran in the gym last night and stole your favourite whistle, would you tell everyone what he looked like? I accept that they're black, brown, tan, white, red and probably some colours I haven't seen, but to say you don't recognize someones skin color is just being intellectually dishonest.
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I consider myself an aware observer. When the time presents itself, I can accurately recall all the pertinent details around me. It helped when my gf was rear-ended on the 401 and the police definitely paid closer attention to my dissertation. If someone stole my favourite whistle, I would certainly use my observation skills to give an accurate description of said person. Before that, that person is just that: someone at the gym.
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Originally Posted by texaspaul
My eight year old son plays with one of the neighbor kids his age. My son is white as a bed sheet and this kid is black. My son doesn't care what color he is, but he definitely knows he's black. He made the comment to me that when they went to the Houston Rockets game for a birthday party, he was the only white kid in the bunch. I told him, awesome. It was easy for the parents to find him. I was simply trying not to say something that would offend someone.
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This is different in that you
should know your son's friends rather well, including having met his friend's parents. That's just my 2 cents on parenting, though.
Your son spends a lot of time with his friends. I spend 90 minutes a few times a year helping out my friend who is the college intramural RIC.