Something Interesting

Today I was walking around the classroom monitoring the students while they worked on a writing worksheet. One the worksheet were pictures that the students had to color in with crayons. From the distance, I heard a group shouting so I went over to them. A white boy and and African American boy were arguing about the color of a crayon. The white boy said "this is skin color!" The African American said "no its peach!" They went back and forth a few times and finally I asked to see the crayon and it was apriot color. I told the students that and we started talking about fruits and their colors. I found it interesting that the white boy was saying this. Does he acknowledge the different skin colors in his classroom? Where did he learn that the crayon was "skin color?" Something interesting to think about...