~ Raising a Racist ~

by Tina~in_ut

My nephew and brother came over to my mom's house after school while I was there.  I told my nephew that I'd help him with his homework if he needed me to.  How hard could the 4th grade be?!  He had to take a practice spelling test and I gave him that and then corrected it.  He said he was done and I asked him if he was sure he had no other homework.  He paused and I knew I had him! (you don't raise 3 kids w/o understanding the pause!)  He told me that he had extra credit in science, but he wasn't going to do it.  I asked him why because I always made my kids do their extra credit.  He said that it was only worth 5% and that he didn't like his teacher.  I told him that he could go from a B+ to an A- with that extra credit, but he didn't care.

By this time, he was in the other room with my sister (the teacher), so I let her take over.  She wanted to know why he didn't like his teacher.  He said that he yells at the kids.  My sister wanted to know what he was doing to deserve getting yelled at.  "Nothing!" was his answer. By the time my sister was done with him, we all knew that the kids talk in class and they get in trouble.  What I didn't see coming was my nephews next words: "I don't like him.  He's Asian and everyone knows Asian's are mean!" 

My jaw dropped!  I waited for my sister to let him have it.  Nothing!  I found out later that she had left the room and had no idea that he had said that.  I looked at my brother.  "Did he say what I think he said?", I asked.  My bro wasn't paying any attention and asked what his son had said.  I told him and he shook his head, rolled his eyes and said, "He's a racist! He gets this from his mother!"  No sooner had those words left his mouth and here comes my nephew who starts hitting my brother in the arm and yelling, "I'm not a racist!"  My brother looked at me and said, "He doesn't like blacks or Mexicans either!"  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!  I couldn't believe it.  I know my SIL is freaking crazy, but this is unconscionable.  My nephew is more Mexican than I am!  He's 3/4's and I'm only 1/2~  My youngest told me that when my nephew was here last month, he said something like that to him as well.  I thought he must have misunderstood!    

Who in their right mind teaches their kid something so awful?  She teaches him that he's "American."  He tells people he's not Mexican.  Oh wait.....I mean, "a lazy Mexican!"  I got mad at my brother for allowing it, but then I remember that he gave up trying to make her do anything a long time ago.  They don't get along at all anymore and won't last much longer.  She won't listen to anything any of us have to say.  No....that's not right.  She pretends to listen.  Rotten wench.  I just want to take that kid and have him live here all summer just to get him away from her!  I told my kids that if they ever hear him say anything along those lines again, to let him have it!  They agreed that they will. 

Can you even fathom in this day and age someone purposely brainwashing their kid like that?  I guess you could say the same thing to me about Catholicism, but I don't teach my kids hate in any way, shape, or form.  Okay....I lied!  I teach them to hate the Lakers......but that's justified! :)~