Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Funny Conversation with Brooklyn

There is a 5th grader on Brooklyn's bus stop who we have befriended. Her family is from India. She started to walk away and said bye.
Me: Audios Hirell!
Hirell: (Walks back towards me.) Um, I am not Mexican, I am Indian.
Me: I know I was just saying bye in Spanish.
Hirell: I don't speak Spanish.
Me: Well you speak a little because you knew I was speaking Spanish.
Brooklyn: (Brooklyn interrupts abruptly.) Your Indian? Do Indians kill people?
Hirell: No.
Me: Brooklyn I think you are confused with people who are from India and Native Americans. Native Americans only killed people because their land was being taken away. Where did you learn this?
Brooklyn: Pocahontas.

Looks like we will need to teach Brooklyn more about the different places people come from.

6 comments:

  1. Hahahaha. We are laughing so hard.

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  2. hee hee. kids are great. the other day hudson and I were at the store and he saw a overweight guy with a very large beer belly and he said (quite loudly) why does he have such a BIG BELLY? I was so embarrassed but had to giggle at the same time. eek.

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  3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW CHASE THE STORY. I WANT TO SPEND A DAY IN BROOKLYNS MIND! SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS. I'M AT WORK AND TOO LAZY TO RETYPE IT.

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  4. Love these stories! But I'm still confused because in Pocahontas the white people are the bad people??? And her friends reaction is awesome!! :)

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  5. She needs to stop taking history lessons from Olivia!

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  6. Olivia's history lessons are all about the white man shooting people. I think Brooklyn and Olivia could have a good heated debate.

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