Today I was confronted with my first racist comment in the 3 years my daughter has been home. I was with a friend at Pizza Hut who also has a 2 yr. old from Guatemala. I told her it is quite impressive that I have made it this far without something this offensive. I think I am more mad at myself in how I handled it. In the tunnel area a family was playing near my daughter and her little friend. This other little girl starts screaming "why is your kid black and you are white"? I ignore the girl and continue to play with mine and the 2 yr. old. This child continues to scream this phrase over and over. Finally, she comes right up to me and I am on my knees with my daughter and proceeds to get in my face and yells it at me. This entire time this child's mom is sitting 5 feet away. I grab the 2 and mutter to my friend to walk me away before I get myself beat up. This child continues to scream after we walk away "why is your kid black and you are white"? I still ignored her and at this point her racist mother screams "come on we aren't playing here" and grabs them and goes. I looked at my friend and told her if I thought I could take her I would have!!
I am more upset that usually I can have a smart answer and am witty with my comebacks but was not this time. I was like a deer in headlights. Also, my daughter is old enough to now understand. Has anyone ever had something like this happen and how did you handle this? Thanks so much for taking the time to read.