walking around the city every day, i see countless white children being pushed in strollers. i have yet to see one of those strollers being pushed by a white woman.
all the children i've seen thus far are taken care of by their black, asian, or latina nannies. such an interesting phenomenon...
of course, i think the mixing is beautiful. i love to see a little blond-haired, blue-eyed toddler holding the hand of an asian lady, or two black ladies speaking haitian french to each other while they push little red-heads in strollers.
i find myself hoping, for their sake, that these children will grow up appreciating the cultural exposure they've been handed, that they'll be better people for it, and that maybe they'll pick up a foreign language along the way...
Posted by naseem at September 28, 2005 02:58 PMWe can hope. That they'll appreciate their nannies' cultures and perhaps even have a functional relationship with their parents.
Posted by: george at September 28, 2005 08:09 PMIt's an interesting phenomenon. Growing up in Mexico, you see TONS of wealthy kids (who have lots of European in the genetic mix) being raised by poor Mexican nannies (where the european in the mix is hardly recognizable, if there at all).
On the one side, the kids usually grow up to really love their nannies, and I've witnessed multiple occasions where they are inconsolable when they died. However, most of these people would never ever consider them to be equals, and I have yet to witness them better appreciating their nanny's culture, race, etc. Of course there are some exceptions (that I've seen) but not the vast majority.
Posted by: Nick at October 11, 2005 10:59 PM
sounds like wilmette, huh?