"What Color Am I?"

Written for Dolleys Journey 's Out Of The Mouths Of Babes contest.


I was over to my goddaughter's port a little earlier today reading some of her latest posts.

One of them was this short, simple poem with a great message:

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and it reminded me of something that happened when I was taking this Christian education workshop several years ago in order to make me better prepared to help out in a Sunday School or Bible School setting.

It was a hands-on kind of workshop, so we had a real class of kids to work with.

One little boy (who was four years old) asked me, "What color am I?"

"You're Black," I replied--since "Black" was the term most often used to describe people of his race at that time.

"No I'm not," he replied.

"Then, what color do you think you are?" I asked.

Based on his actual appearance, I think his reply was pretty accurate: "I'm orange."