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Lamees El-sadek writes in The Guardian about “a child’s uncensored racist commentary” during an encounter at a Jackson restaurant: I try to be sympathetic, although not accommodating, to the fact that entire generations of Americans were explicitly taught white skin is superior. But it’s difficult to be sympathetic when those beliefs are expressed by a four-year-old, writes El-sadek.

Read Lamees El-sadek’s complete story here.

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The Guardian: When a 4 year old speaks in the language of white supremacy

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
May 22, 2018

<h1>The Guardian: When a 4 year old speaks in the language of white supremacy</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />May 22, 2018</p> <p><strong>TODAY IN MISSISSIPPI:</strong> <em>News from and about our state</em></p> <p>Lamees El-sadek writes in The Guardian about&nbsp;“a child’s uncensored racist commentary”&nbsp;during an encounter at a Jackson restaurant:&nbsp;I try to be sympathetic, although not accommodating, to the fact that entire generations of Americans were explicitly taught white skin is superior. But it’s difficult to be sympathetic when those beliefs are expressed by a four-year-old, writes El-sadek.</p> <p>Read Lamees El-sadek’s complete story <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/17/four-year-old-white-supremacist-racism-discrimination">here</a>.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2018/05/22/when-a-4-year-old-speaks-in-the-language-of-white-supremacy/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=153364&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2018/05/22/when-a-4-year-old-speaks-in-the-language-of-white-supremacy/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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