A week or so ago my little cousin Baby B, over heard a conversation my aunts A and L had. Well, we thought he was not listening, but watching T.V. Let me just say, we were wrong. Whenever you are talking about something you don't want children to catch on to they sure catch on! Except it's funny because what we were talking about turned south really quickly when he started to explain it to us.
Actual conversation (not verbatim):
A: 'Black eye children, look it up!'
L: 'Oh man, I forgot about that.'
Me: *google ... search ... Black Eye Children ... Images ... 'oh my'.
A: Yeah, if they come to your door DO NOT let them in.
*Conversation, yadda, yadda*
A: 'Indian's wipe their feet when they go inside their homes, as to not invite any unwanted presence in their homes.'
Me: 'That's interesting and good to know.'
Conversation dwindles.
Baby B's version of the conversation (verbatim):
BB: 'Don't trust black people, they could be Indians.'
Roar of laughter, and an attempt to explain that this is not true.
This folks, is why I am a social worker. This folks, is why you need to not speak poorly of any person because your children will pick up what you say and twist it, or copy exactly what you say. *Although we weren't speaking poorly upon any person, just simply discussing horrifying 'real' or 'fake' BLACK EYED CHILDREN. Please be warned, do not look this up unless you are alright with being terrified for a week, month or years later.
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