tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537301261148220329.post6133012846121231753..comments2023-06-19T07:09:08.536-05:00Comments on In the Middle of Nowhere: History in the MakingElliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18228465663336628118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537301261148220329.post-18733340308109019452009-01-21T12:43:00.000-06:002009-01-21T12:43:00.000-06:00This is my son who puzzled for most of his second ...This is my son who puzzled for most of his second grade why people kept talking about the black kid in his class. He asked me one day, and I told him that Nephi is black.<BR/><BR/>Black? No. Nephi is brown, sort of a dark brown like coffee beans. <BR/><BR/>He also didn't understand "white" insisting that we must not see thing right - no one in his class is white, either. The closest is Ola (Polish), and "she is sort of a pinkish light brown."<BR/><BR/>"We are all just different shades of brown, that is all."<BR/><BR/>Ah, if only the world could look through the eyes of a second grader!Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228465663336628118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537301261148220329.post-31386930713069228482009-01-21T09:47:00.000-06:002009-01-21T09:47:00.000-06:00I like hearing what you kids say! They are so ver...I like hearing what you kids say! They are so very cute...Rebecca Conduff Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328658355319045462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537301261148220329.post-62296544920196256572009-01-21T08:42:00.000-06:002009-01-21T08:42:00.000-06:00I completely agree with your children! I still fin...I completely agree with your children! I still find it strange how Americans define "white" - not even one black person in your ancestry. Everybody else is black even if there is not much color left (physically).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com