Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Rewind

So Noah came home from school back in November with this hat:


 My first reaction was like this:  "Uhhhh . . .  Noah?  Who is 'White Thunder'?" 

It sounded a little bit . . .  racist? And an odd name for a Native American.  Whose land was plundered.  And who was forced to assimilate or "else." 

His response was simple:  "MEEEE!  I am White THUNDERRR!"
My response:  "But of course." 

Anytime I asked him if Ms. Betty helped him choose the name, he would say, "NO! I am White Thunder!"

My guess is the pillaging and forced assimilation didn't make it into the pre-K curriculum. 

But I'm still scratching my head months later.  Where does he get this stuff?

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