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“Beige and Brown”

Written by:  Jamie

This is Samuel

This is Aram

Samuel and Aram are brothers

They love each other

They act the same

They play the same

They find the same things funny

They are being raised in the same environment

They have the same family, who love them both dearly

But one of the boys will get treated differently by society

Judgements will be passed

People may ignore him

People may harass him

People may be afraid of him

People may want to hurt him

All because he has a little more melanin in his skin than his brother.

Something so silly as a biological function, to protect our skin from the sun, has been the focus of pure evil in our cultural history.

Biologically speaking, race is non-existent. Culturally, race is very real…

Racism is very real.

My dilemma is explaining this to my children. It is so important to address it, even at this young age.

Clearly, there should be age-appropriate language and examples used, but truth is truth no matter how sugar coated it is, and the truth is ugly.

What is vital for our children’s future is that they feel our justice system is color blind (but is it?); it will be served regardless of what skin color they have (will it?).

Time to call out injustice when we see it.

We need to press for change now.

The comfort of being raised up and protected in a community is vitally important, and will affect the entire country (whatever your epidermal hue) in a positive way.

Mar 23, 2012Jamie
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