I have been living in the US for almost 8 years now and neither I or my family have seen or experienced any racial incidents since we have been here. I know that it exists out there, but fortunately my children have never been targeted by any minority groups simply because they were white. They have also not seen any minority groups targeted by anyone because they were red, black or yellow either.
Ironically, my two boys have been targeted by other white kids because they are considered “outsiders” living here in the south. That term does not just apply to us because we are Canadian’s, but to anyone not born and raised here. At first we thought that the black kids were behind the bullying as my one son was intimidated at first by them when he first started going to school here, but after talking with him he said they were never a problem and that they were nice to him - it was the white kids who were the problem.
My first son is graduating from Middle School next month and that day can’t come soon enough for him. There are some white kids at his school that taunt him every day with names I won’t even repeat here, but nevertheless he is an AB student, on the Honor Society, and well liked by the girls as he is a handsome boy. His teachers like him and watch out for him as he is sometimes affraid to walk the hallways alone as there are many kids who tell him that he better watch his back.
He is now playing on an under 15 basketball team over in Wilmington and he is one of 3 white kids on that team and they all get along like brothers and are friends off the court.
My point in all this is that there are good & bad people out there, but the biggest problem is that many of the children who have taunted my son and made his Middle School experience a living hell are a product of their parents - who don’t seem to give a damn about how they do at school. Those kids are failing school and don’t seem to care either & so they trouble those who are trying hard to make the grade.
IMHO you can only eradicate racism by education.
My advice make sure one of your 2 lads carries an empty sock.They should stay together during the day,hone in on the main troublemaker on the way home,put a hefty stone inside the sock, then give him such a pasting that they will have no more mither,I promise you,it worked for me.
I know it sounds nasty but unfortunately the world is a harsh and nasty place.
Additionally (it may not work in America’s South)get them a couple of english team’s soccer shirts,to help with teir reputation.
In my opinion you can only eliminate racism by telling the truth about it and by holding everyone to the same standard.
Not as long as there is $$$ to be made by perpetuating race as an issue.