Dustin Hills,
Casper, WY.

My blonde haired, blue eyed 11 year old was told a couple years ago in science class that redheads, being a recessive gene, are being bred out of existence. Because this includes his maternal grandmother and his paternal grandfather, and because he has a huge heart he was very concerned when the teacher told him that they were an endangered species, and would be going extinct within a few generations. When he pressed his teacher for more information, he was told it was only a matter of time before his own blonde and blue would be a thing of history as well. That night he wondered why, if humans went out of their way to save endangered animals, why not endangered humans? Did nobody care about people like his grandparents or himself? I was at a loss. I had no idea how to talk about Aryan genetics without feeling like I was wearing a “Hitler Was Right” t-shirt or acknowledging the history and future of our race without espousing what in adult conversation would sound like supremacist ideals. It’s hard to raise informed children as part of a people that doesn’t seem to have a right to be proud of their race. “Black Power” “Brown Pride”, slogans like this can’t be used by us without sounding like we belong on a commune in Idaho somewhere. How do you show a kid that it’s good to be proud of who you are when society looks down on that as being extreme?