Back in 2010, Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock adopted her son Louis from New Orleans, Louisiana.
The star has now opened up about educating Louis, who is of African-American heritage, all about racism – and even warned him that he will probably be judged by the colour of his skin.
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Speaking candidly to BET in a recent interview, Sandra revealed that her five-year-old son “fully understands” that many people face discrimination but she is also determined to show him that there is “good in the world.”
The actress explained: “He doesn’t understand why people judge each other based on colour of
their skin, but he knows they do. He also knows there’s sexism, he knows
that there’s homophobia.
“I want him to know the truth, but I also want him to know the good in
the world as well. Those are hard conversations to have. It’s not any
conversation any parent wants to have with their child… that you’ll be
judged by the colour of your skin rather than the content of your
character.
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“But, it exists and I want him to be safe and I want him to be
aware.”
Sandra went on to add that she felt it was incredibly important to start these discussions early, revealing that she feels it is her job as Louis’ mum to teach him about the ugliness in the world alongside the good stuff.
She poignantly shared: “I think if you don’t start the conversation early on, you’re doing them a
disservice. Once he leaves that house and I’m not with him, it’s his
life and how he approaches it is his decision.
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“But, I want to know that I
did the best I could as his mom to educate him on the ugliness in the
world, and also the beauty.”
It was recently reported that Sandra had adopted her second child, a baby girl, earlier this year, but the star did not comment on the speculation.
white fave.
I love that she isn’t teaching him to be “color blind”.
@ white moms see? It’s not that hard.
And this is why she’s Miss Congeniality. :’)
The fact she needs to be having such a conversation with a 5year old in the first place just reiterates how fucked up the world is
She’s great. I’D LIKE TO PUT FORTH A TRADE! Sandra for Raven. It’s only fair.
White men are terrifying and I now realize how lucky I was when I flipped off this guy in a minivan. He pulled out right in front of me (he did NOT have right of way) and I honked and flipped him off. He promptly STOPPED on the exit to get on the interstate. So I just went around this loser. He tries to catch me but I make it on the interstate safely.
Then he does catch me. He speeds up, pulls around me and gets in front of me. This psycho then slams on his brakes IN THE MIDDLE OF FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC GOING 60 MPH.
Just so he can flip me off. He “won”. When I didn’t flip him off again he drove off. I didn’t stop shaking all morning.
I got off lucky. As a white person I can safely say that YES white men are terrifying. I find men in general to be terrifying a lot of the time but white men especially. They get so ANGRY and they act like they have to beat you to feel better about themselves.
Brian Kane hacked this into the funniest thing I have seen in a while.
i have reblogged this before but have i mentioned that i love how it opens its mouth when it makes that tone that signifies that it’s ready for use? it’s small, but it’s there, and it amuses me every time
funeral-biscuit 