Colors

CJ's school has been doing a lot of work with colors. Much of it has to do with painting and when Mama went to pick her up today, I saw notes on a board about value, tint, shade and hue.

Tonight after dinner, CJ surprised Mama a bit by asking "Mama, am I white or black?" Mama replied with "What do you think?" And CJ thought long and hard before she said "I think I am black."

I guess it is a conversation we've never had before. We just introduce people by their names. Mama wasn't sure how to continue the conversation. We talked about the self portraits they made at school a while back. Each child mixed their own paint for their skin colors and they still have some of each saved in little containers. There's a small group of children, but a wide variety of paint colors.

Later Mama found out that they've also been doing some reading about Martin Luther King, Jr. (don't forget the junior!), civil rights and equality at school since the recent holiday. It must have had a big impact on CJ.