Despite our relative proximity to Africa, there does not seem to be a large population of blacks in the Antibes area. So, when we approached a coloured man in the produce aisle of the grocery store two days ago, this was the question that came from Andrew's mouth, in his "every day volume" which is pretty much at the top of his lungs. Not making a big deal of it, I just explained that lots of people have different coloured skin, some are light brown, some are very fare, and some are black, just like how he has red hair, Daddy has black hair and Mommy has blond hair...and of course we love everybody just the same! I must say, I felt a little on the embarrassed side, but fortunately for both of us, I strongly suspected this man did not speak English, as he seemed to make no notice of Andrew's question.
Perhaps this will be a chosen theme to one of the new books.
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