What color is…?

What color is…? / ¿De qué color es …?

Show your true colors

That’s what they all say

But what do you say

When your little one asks, one day…

“What color are you?”

¿De qué color es …?

One of my son’s favorite questions when we are exploring

And while we look around he asks

What color is…

And fills in the blank with just about anything

The questions came and all I would say are basic colors, you know

Until one day the questions kept coming so I gave different answers, he’d know

Him: What color are you ...What color is your skin?

I: Cafe but like golden cinnamon

Him: What color is her skin?

I: Cafe but like tanish sand, dark

Him: What color is his skin?

I: Cafe but like dry autumn leaves

Him: What color is their skin?

I: 2 Cafes but like a blended tree bark

Now it’s my turn to ask him

What’s up with the question?

Not yet 5, he asks another, for the win

Him:

“What people are black and what people are white?

… because I do not see them

There is none in sight

You say that you're brown, and he is brown and she is brown

But I just see people when we are walking around

We read lots of stories

I see lots of people in all of my books

I love how they show people caring about others no matter their color or looks

But why don’t people live like they care about people no matter their color or looks

Can't we all just love one another, in real life not only books

If my color is

brown

and

their color is

black, red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange or white

I hope people will still treat me right

I:

No person is black and no person is white

Those are just labels created

To make an “us versus them” fight

I say that I’m brown, and he is brown and she is brown

Because I see people’s different colors when we are walking around

I write lots of stories

I draw lots of people in all of my books

I love to show people caring about others no matter their color or looks

But why don’t people live like they care about people no matter their color or looks?

I know we can all love one another, in real life not only in books

If my color is brown

And

Your color is brown

I know we will always treat everyone right