Growing Awareness

My little one is growing more aware of differences in the world and it is our responsibility to guide her to appreciate and understand differences.
The other day she saw a video of a song, Skidamarink a dink a dink - it's one that she likes a lot. In the video an african american woman features as well, and my daughter likes it when she comes on. Then she asked me... why is she so dark, why can't I see her properly!
Racial awareness!
Then we were reading Goldilocks, and she asked me what were locks ? Told her it referred to locks of hair and she said she wanted golden locks! this is colonialism working its insidious powers on young ones! hhahaha. so again had to explain to her just like how there are people of different complexions around the world, these people all have different coloured hair too and that golden hair may not suit us too well!
See lah! need to introduce fiction from asia as well as indian fiction so it's only golden haired blue eyed beauties featured in books! good thing we have these too at home. Need to bring them out more often.