[bethy724]

I'm not sure if my post was an attack but I am stunned that people don't "just know" that calling a person by a physical feature is insulting - your post brought it to light for me.

I guess that I was fortunate enough to grow up in a diverse neighborhood & school system that if you said something racial (me at 5 years old & some people I guess as adults) I got punched & called a name for being Italian -you feel you are getting attacked on the internet - there is really no difference except most people learn manners & consideration toward others as a child-thru their school, neighborhood or religion.

I think your post caught some people off guard that didn't grow up in an all white world - it really was shocking to read the term "fro-baby" & not think that the person must know it is offensive. February is AA month maybe there will be programs or books you can read. You may not realize it but the title of your post is offensive - an AA child is the same as a CC child (as you were taught in school) perhaps it is AA culture you are hear to learn about - a child is a child when it comes to food, discipline, clothes, ect so maybe your here to learn about AA traditions,. culture ect which is so broad - there are so many types of AA culture - Hatian, Jamacian, African, African American ect. I hope to raise my son w/ knowledge of as many cultures, religions, customs ect while instilling our own family traditions - his skin color doesn't amtter to me but I realize it does matter the second we step out of our house.