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In reply to the discussion: Just overheard a brief snippet of conversation between two young boys [View all]blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)36. Faux Nooz will set them straight. Count on it.
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Just overheard a brief snippet of conversation between two young boys [View all]
justiceischeap
Sep 2014
OP
They were both white but one was a ginger, so he has his own issues, I'm sure
justiceischeap
Sep 2014
#2
Thank you. I was thinking maybe it referred to my three nieces who are descended from a white
jwirr
Sep 2014
#23
"Ginger" used to be a mostly British term for what we called "red-headed"
Arugula Latte
Sep 2014
#27
It hits home when it affects family. Many hearts were changed when one of the kids in
alfredo
Sep 2014
#35
I have two sons and both would have been more likely to say "female" than a "girl."
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#13
Kid definitely said "female" the whole conversation was sort of surreal for me.
justiceischeap
Sep 2014
#24
It wasn't that long ago when they would say, "Of course not, they're girls."
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#31
Those boys are certainly much more conscious of socioeconomic gender inequality
Nye Bevan
Sep 2014
#46