And every time, parents across the country ask the same devastating question: Would my child's "friends" have done the same thing? Kids will encounter racist jokes, racist assumptions, or racist treatment whether or not you've prepared them. Kids will encounter racist jokes, racist assumptions, or racist treatment whether or not you've prepared them. "That’s racist, “That's not fair, let's go find them" or "She wasn't even there, why are we blaming her" are sentences a six- or seven-year-old can practice and use. "That’s racist, “That's not fair, let's go find them" or "She wasn't even there, why are we blaming her" are sentences a six- or seven-year-old can practice and use.