Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Because I'm Mexican

When I was 4 years old, I had a very large collection of stuffed animals. They were my babies. All had names and personalities. I talked to them, sat them down for pretend tea time, watched tv with them. Funny how even back then, I preferred non living beings to real human interaction. Seeing how maternal I obviously was, my mother asked me "Kayce, why do you want so many babies?" My response was "....uummmm....because I'm a Mexican," in my cute little 4 year old voice.

Thanks to dear old dad, I had had my fill of racial stereotypes by age four.

2 comments:

  1. OMG. They may be the greatest thing I've read all day.

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  2. LOL! That's interesting yet sad that you heard about that stereotype.

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