Li'l White Devil
From Salon's Since you asked... advice column:
I am the father of an intelligent, charming, well-behaved 2-year-old. He is a very sweet child — his daily reports from daycare often say things like, "He comforted another child when she was crying," or "He gave everyone a big hug today."
But I'm concerned that he might be a bit of a bigot. To his Japanese-American teacher he says only "no," but not in a defiant way, more of a "don't speak" kind of way. In some storybooks he'll point out characters he doesn't like and they are, without exception, black characters. Our efforts to teach him Spanish are usually met with, "No, no, I want to speak English!"
Copy chief-turned-advice guru Cary Tennis has some good suggestions, but we'd also throw in do not get him a racist dog. That's just a bad idea.
Also, cancel his subscription to VICE 4 Kidz.
