paint the skin you live in

What a sweet and simple comment on just how many different shades we can be,
and how to start a gentle conversation about prejudice.

“We’re all different...but there’s something kind of fantastic about that, isn’t there?” 

-Mrs Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox 🦊

For the beginning of school, second-grade teacher Aeriale Johnson had each of her students mix up a container of paint that matched their skin color so they could use it in paintings of themselves during the rest of the school year.

We started with a base of brown or peach tempera for each child then, in small groups, added white, yellow, red, dark brown and/or green to get to just the right hue. They looked like they were at Ulta trying to find foundation. :) The conversations were great!

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