May I Ask You

Last night I read Abigail a book about a kitty who thinks the moon is a bowl of milk.  I closed the book and Abigail asked me if she could ask a question.  I was prepared to answer any question about the kitty and milk unfortunately I was not prepared for the question she asked.  "Mommy back in the olden days, if a brown lady had a blonde baby would she have to give it away?  Remember Dr. King Luther Martin didn't want people to be separate but they were?"  I told her I hoped that did not happen and she replied, "Me too because they are a family."  (Abigail uses the word blonde to refer to the color of our skin.)