MY CHILDREN'S WORLD...

THE FIRST TIME A RACIST COMES INTO THE WORLD OF MY CHILDREN I QUICKLY ADDRESS IT THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME, I LET THEM KNOW IT'S OK TO HATE!!!
YES, I TELL THEM, IT'S OK TO HATE SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE! @ THE SAME TIME I EMPHASIZE TO THEM NOT TO HATE THE PERPETRATORS OF HATE, WHO ARE FOR THE MOST PART, GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONA YOU DON'T LIKE. AND YOU CAN HATE THAT ABOUT THEM IT'S OK, BUT YOU NEVER SAY I HATE A PERSON JUST BECAUSE!!!
BUT IT'S NORMAL TO HATE SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE!
IT'S THE OTHER WAY TO HATE!!! THERE IS SOMETHING GREAT, SOMETHING GOOD IN ALL PEOPLE, BUT SOME TIME, IT'S INEVITABLE SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS RUB YOU THE WRONG WAY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU MOVE FORWARD, AND JUST HATE THAT PART OF SOMEONE'S PERSONALITY, @THE SAME TIME YOU NEVER HATE THE PERSON/PERPETRATOR BECAUSE IT CAN BE DETRIMENTAL YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AND/OR ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WE MUST MENTOR!!!
FORE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS HATING EVERYTHING ABOUT SOMEONE AND/OR HATING EVERYONE, THOSE THAT DO, HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES!!!
IT'S LIKE THE LADY LIGHTING THE FLAME FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WINTER GAMES IN RUSSIA, SHE WAS ONLINE DISPLAYING A PHOTO OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY, SHE THEN HELD UP A BANANA. AND THE FUNNY THING IS, IF YOU WOULD SHAVE A MONKEY (THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS IMPLYING, THAT WERE AKIN TO MONKEYS), BUT IF YOU SHAVE A MONKEY, IT WOULD LOOK MORE LIKE HER THAN THE PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON OF COLOR!!!
ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, WE HATED THAT ABOUT HER, BUT @ THE END OF THE DAY, SHE'S PROBABLY A GREAT GAL AND MAYBE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT DOING SOMETHING SO MINDLESS.
BUT IT'S DONE, AND WHAT AN EXAMPLE FOR "THE OTHER WAY TO HATE", BECAUSE I TRULY, HATED THAT ABOUT HER!!! AND NOT BECAUSE I GOT EMOTIONAL OR CAUGHT FEELINGS, I JUST HATE THAT (NO PUN INTENDED), I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT IS INTENDED, BUT WHAT I HATE IS "THE MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO" ASPECT, THERE WAS NOTHING ORIGINAL ABOUT HER @ ALL.
AND WHEN IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT A RACIST COMES MONKEYING AROUND IN "MY CHILDREN'S WORLD", I QUICKLY PIVOT AND MAKE, THE OTHER WAY TO HATE ADJUSTMENT AND ADDRESS IT ACCORDINGLY, AND APPROPRIATELY. WE SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP OUR KIDS ON LOCATION ABOUT THESE CREEPS!!!...AND GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND, THAT WE DON'T HATE THEM(RACIST), WE JUST HATE THAT PART OF THEIR PERSONA!!!...AND BEING A BASEBALL NUT, I LIKE TO EQUATE IT TO BASEBALL.
I TELL MY KIDS ABOUT PEOPLE, AS IN A PITCHER'S ARRAY OF PITCHES, I TELL THEM THIS IS HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE, YOU HAVE THE FLAME THROWER, THE SCREWBALL, THEY'LL THROW YOU A CURVE BALL,  THEY CHANGE UP ON YOU, THEY HAVE NASTY SLIDERS, SOME WANT YOU TO GO FOR THE OKIE-DOKE, AND WILL THROW IT IN THE DIRT, AND YOU, ARE A GREAT HITTER, SO YOU'LL GET SOME CHIN MUSIC FROM TIME TO TIME, JUST AS YOU'LL GET QUITE A FEW IN YOUR WHEEL HOUSE TOO, AND I EXPLAIN TO THEM, THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU CAN'T MISS, YOU HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED, AND I EXPLAIN TO THEM, YOU WILL, KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK.