I'm guessing that these parents don't know you at all?
I would be inclined to say it was just a random little kid pronouncement that just HAPPENED to be something that could possibly be construed as relating to Asian-ness and that's what the parents were embarrassed about. Maybe the boy saw a child that looked like Erica eating a mango on Sesame Street or something?
I supposed that it is also possible that the parents are jerks and call kids with any sort of Asian features or whatever "mango babies", but that's just weird.
It's too bad that their reaction was like that though because that's what invites the suspicion. I don't think I have to say that Joe and I refrain from racist or bigoted comments in our house, but if Cecilia came out with something odd like that, my first reaction would not be to try to silence her, but to ask her why she is saying that and see where the connection is coming from. With Cecilia, if someone is wearing the same color shirt as Grandma wore that weekend, that person (man, woman, whatever) could then be called "LIKE GRANDMA!". Which out of context, might be odd to that person.
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Date: 2011-03-01 02:01 pm (UTC)I would be inclined to say it was just a random little kid pronouncement that just HAPPENED to be something that could possibly be construed as relating to Asian-ness and that's what the parents were embarrassed about. Maybe the boy saw a child that looked like Erica eating a mango on Sesame Street or something?
I supposed that it is also possible that the parents are jerks and call kids with any sort of Asian features or whatever "mango babies", but that's just weird.
It's too bad that their reaction was like that though because that's what invites the suspicion. I don't think I have to say that Joe and I refrain from racist or bigoted comments in our house, but if Cecilia came out with something odd like that, my first reaction would not be to try to silence her, but to ask her why she is saying that and see where the connection is coming from. With Cecilia, if someone is wearing the same color shirt as Grandma wore that weekend, that person (man, woman, whatever) could then be called "LIKE GRANDMA!". Which out of context, might be odd to that person.