what are they teaching kids in school these days??

last night my (13 year old) brother asked me if i was going to vote in the US presidential election this year.

i said, "probably not."

"why?"

"too lazy."

"then you should vote for me."

"who would you vote for?"

and without one bit of hesitation, my brother said, "obama."

"why?"

again, immediately, my brother said, "because he is black."

my brother explained to me that, at one time, in the US, black people could not even vote! (*gasp*) seriously, that was his reason.

i then tried to explain to him that voting for someone merely because of the color of his/her skin is discrimination.

he said, "no, it's DE-discrimination."