29852051_46635595“Mom, do you know that Mar­tin Luther King Jr.‘s birth­day was Mon­day?  Ya, and it’s impor­tant because he has the same face as Barack Obama!”

“Yes, he’s an Afri­can Ame­ri­can just like Pre­si­dent Obama.”

“Ya, and did you know that Mar­tin Luther King Jr. tried to ride a bus that light tan peo­ple were riding on? And the dark brown peo­ple were not allo­wed to ride it and they kic­ked him off!!??”

“Really??”

“So Mar­tin Luther King Jr. sol­ved the pro­blem and  just made ever­yone dark brown so then they could all ride the bus!  Isn’t that cool??”

“Yes, very!”

The con­ver­sa­tion BC had with me the other day was so sweet and inno­cent.  But I think the thing I enjoy  the most is that having this con­ver­sa­tion made me appre­ciate even more that we live in a com­mu­nity where my kids are surroun­ded by peo­ple of all dif­fe­rent colors, beliefs, and orien­ta­tions.  And my kids will grow up to know that no mat­ter who a per­son is and whether or not you have the same beliefs or skin color, peo­ple are peo­ple and we can all get along.

For that I am so grateful!