someone needs a little avenue q

so. i just got a call from my son's principal. it seems my son has been accused of making a racist remark.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

my kid? REALLY? have you MET my kid?

~sigh~

so. the story goes. a bunch of kids were standing around at school and he hear a pack of girls talking about racism. one of the girls happens to be of african american decent and VERY sensitive about it (according to the principal). my son heard these girls talking about racism and asked: "how can you be racist if you're black?"

GRANTED...not the best thing to say, but i totally get where he's coming from. he's trying to figure out why someone who would probably be a target for quite a bit of racism in our neck of the woods (intentionally used phrase there) would themselves perpetuate racism onto others.

basically: hey, you know how bad something like this sucks, why would you be the same way to someone else?

BUT. being who he is, he blurted out the first thing that popped into his overly developed chicken little brain and caused offense. and now he's being accused of being racist. ironic, isn't it? he was TRYING to say something about NOT being racist and got accused of BEING racist.

lame.

might as well join in the fun eh? i'm racist against prepubescent teenage girls with too many hormones raging through their bodies that are talking too much smack then get into a typical girl hissie fit and accuse someone else of talking smack.

going WAY out on a limb, completely out in left field, and i will probably offend several people by making this statement, and i get that i'm probably not qualified to make this statement, but i'm dropping it anyway:

MAYBE this little girl needs to learn to be comfortable in her own skin whatever damn color it is and learn to stop being so sensitive about it. EVERY SINGLE KID in that school has something about themselves that they're uncomfortable with. i can guarantee that 100%: EVERY SINGLE STUDENT has something they don't like or are worried that someone is going to point at or make fun of. MY KID has been bullied for the last two weeks for wearing his shirts that he designed himself. but all he can do is talk to a teacher and get ignored (which i mentioned to the principal...how can you allow bullying in a school designed for gifted kids where they're supposed to be among like minded peers and above all that??) he can't drop buzz words like racism and get everyone's attention. he just has to put up with it until someone barks loud enough (i have a damn loud bark by the way).

THIS WASN'T RACISM. this was a kid trying to figure out why other kids are being mean to each other. he didn't say it maliciously. he didn't say it to hurt anyone. he was asking a question to try to figure out a fucking answer.

I KNOW he needs to learn to think twice and speak once. hell...most of us adults are still working on that lesson. and i'm sure this will greatly improve his learning curve on that one. but HOLY HELL PEOPLE.

go listen to some damn avenue q and shut the hell up already.