Tolerance!!

I am Brown, and my wife is white, we tell our kids they are Mocha.
because we are from different races, we have had experiences that would qualify me as an understanding human. I thought of myself as a tolerant person.

well the other day, my boy was telling me how he had a crush on girl G. it was adorable. funny how when my girl had a crush, it wasn't amusing at all.

so he was telling me all the things he liked about this girl in his class. we then pulled out his class picture, and he was showing me his crush. he then started telling me how this boy, liked that girl and on and on. i was getting all the 1st grade gossip. then he pointed to boy X, "he likes this boy Y"...

"wait, wait" I said, "X and Y are both boys? how can that be"

at this point he looked at me as if I was an idiot, shrugged his shoulders, pointed his palms up, and said: "Aunty M. and Aunty F. are both girls, and they got married, so a boy can like a boy"

I could only smile, "you are right buddy, you are so right"

I thought I was tolerant, it turns out I have a ways to go. my boy on the other hand, he still doesn't see colors or race or (to my surprise) sexual orientation.

so cool