Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Lesson In Equality

It was the day after the MLK holiday. I was getting Sprout ready for bed.

“We got treated at school today,” Sprout said to me as I helped her pull her pajamas over her head.

“How did you get treated?” I asked.

“We got M&Ms.”

“Why did you get treats at school?”

“The teacher gave all the kids with curly hair M&Ms.”

“And since you have curly hair, you got some. But kids without didn’t get any?”

“No.”

“How do you think they felt about that?”

“Bad. But then the teacher gave them M&Ms too. They were treated.”

“You mean they were treated the same?”

“Yes.”

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