No school on MLK day last monday, and I wasn't sure Carson was even aware of the reason. But while we were at home, a commercial showing Mr. King came on with some words from his speech. Carson gets on his serious face and says:
"I know why I'm home today, mom. Today is Martin Lufer King day and he was a man who slept alot, so he had lots of dreams, and in his dreams we all had the same kind of skin. You know, like people and animals...we all looked the same, so nobody felt bad because they weren't a person or a boy or a zebra. We were just all..the same."
I said "So, which one were we, if we were all the same?"
Carson: "Huh?"
"If he wanted us all to be the same, which one did he want us to be? Zebras or people or boys or what?"
"I don't think it works that way, mom. I think it was just a dream and he meant good things, okay?"
Sadly, I think he was more right than he realises. I tried to explain that it was really just for people, for people to be equal, and he just nodded. "That's what I said."
I love this kid.
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