Another lesson for adults from our best teachers. Our children.
Jia Sarnicola and Zuri Copeland are 4 -year-old preschoolers from Miami.
They implore their moms to dress them in matching outfits. They insist they are not just best friends. Not even sisters. They insist that they are twins.
Jia’s birthday is June 3rd and Zuri is June 5th. Close enough for them to consider that the same time.
They shared a birthday party, when other children told them that because of their skin color, they couldn’t be twins.
The girls started to cry. And then Jia replied, “You don’t know anything.
We are both 4. We are the same height. We have the same birthday…
...and we share the same soul."
Said Jia’s mother Ashley, “Their ability to look past their skin color can be attributed to the fact that we live in a diverse neighborhood.
I think that’s one of the nice things about growing up in a multicultural, melting pot city. They don’t see color. We’ve never talked to them about it, period."
Added Zuri’s mother Valencia, “You’re happy ... and then you become sad … because they have to grow up. And society takes over.”
Alas.