Sitting on the couch tonight, Journey casually asked me the following:
J: “So, if the dad who was supposed to be my dad had been
White [She’s adopted], I would be White too, right?”
Me: “Well, it doesn’t always work like that. It’s a mixture of
both your Mom and Dad.”
J: “Oh.”
Me: “Do you wish you were White?”
J; “No, but I wonder what it would be like to be White?”
Me: “That’s a question you should ask your dad.”
Me: “Lee [Journey’s dad and my husband], I think you
better come in the living room for this conversation.”
Lee: “Why?”
Me: “Journey wants to know what it’s like to be White.”
Lee: “Well, that’s a good question.”
Me: “J, what do you think it would be like to be White?”
J: “Well, I would have the same life, but it would be
different. I would be just like my dad. And, if I
wanted to be an astronaut when I grow up, I would
stick with it.”
Stay tuned for the follow-up to this conversation.
Bahahahaha! The minds of someone so small.