I come from a Rainbow Nation; South Africa. We are a diverse nation in colour, culture and religion. I am proud of this diversity and celebrate it, I respect it. Sadly, not everyone feels this way and while my country is beautiful with beautiful people - race and discrimination are still a huge problem.
Looking at my two year old I wonder, how can I raise him to appreciate differences? At this age he is so innocent. Do children see colour? Do they see it but just accept it? We are currently looking into adopting a black child. My husband and I are both on board, we just want to grow our family and have another child to love and care for. But we have our concerns, more for our children than for ourselves. How do we raise them to love who they are in a world that discriminates, that all to often plays the race card?
I do know one thing. I WANT my child to see colour, I want him to embrace it an appreciate it. I want him to learn from another's differences and grow up knowing that nothing is BLACK AND WHITE!