Received Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Witnessed an incident yesterday with a nanny who was in charge of two school aged boys. Both boys looked very similiar, same close cropped haircut, brown hair, big brown eyes, fair skin. The nanny was dark complected and spoke with a Jamiacan accent. The boys had a soccer ball. Everything seemed fine to I the casual observer. She got up from her perch and stormed over and went to the older boy and berated him. I realized the older boy was "in trouble" for not kicking the ball more directly to the younger boy. When the younger boy again missed the ball, the nanny yelled at the older boy that he had to go get it if he can't play "good" with his brother. This nanny seemed to have a grudge against the older boy. The older boy seemed at a loss for what to do. He was genuinely trying to teach his younger brother how to kick the ball. The nanny got up and stormed over there a third time and got within one foot of him and yelled at him. At one point she took the ball away from him and gave it to the younger kid so he could play by himself. Even the younger kid didn't know what to do with the ball by himself. I found it strange that the nanny would continually berate the older child but between her yelling at the child she felt the need to go plop down. If she really was concerned with how the children were playing together, why wouldn't she get off her duff and play with them. She didn't look like she got much physical activity if you know what I mean. She had a weird favoritism towards the younger child that defied reason. The older child was not at anytime unkind to his younger sibling.
14 comments:
Favoritism is really a sign of immaturity. The parents have to know this!
Poor older brother!!
Jane Doe,
Was the nanny's improper usage of grammar really necessary in telling your story? Or your perception of the woman as overweight? Dark complected?
Some of the details in these posts are downright racist/classist and inappropriate!
Let's try to be more constructive and less petty.
I printed the description as it was received. I am unsure how you perceive the solicitation for a physical description as being racist or unnecessary.
Are you seriously suggesting that the person should eliminate the race from their description? Or the fact that she was overweight? In other posts, there are physical descriptions of thin nannies.
I am not sure I follow you. Are you suggesting there is shame in being a person with a dark complexion? While I am certain it isn't best to see yourself described in conjunction with allegedly mistreating a child, but I know many people who are quite proud of their dark skin.
To the "racism & classism chick"
How is it classist to reveal that someone is overweight? I hope to hell you are never robbed at gunpoint and dependant on someone else to give a physical description of your FAT, WHITE, robber who scratched his nose and said "gimme" instead of "give me".
A board that deals with nannies is NOT the place for you to break out your bleeding heart and cry for the end to class wars. Idiot!
When you mention my dark skin, please don't forget to mention my 25 inch waist or the fact that I am always smiling.
Signed a good nanny who is not a shamed of her skin color.
leftist liberal mother f-ckers!
Go hug a tree.
I agree showing favoritism is a gross sign of immaturity and a person's ethnicity/race is part of their physical description.
First, this situation is entirely out of context. We have no clue what the dynamic of this family is, if there are issues between the boys, if the nanny and the parents have had to deal repeatedly with the older brother regarding his treatment of the younger boy. What looks like favoritism to an unfamiliar stranger could be a part of an ongoing process of correction and discipline.
Second, a description of a person that includes race or body size is one thing. But this wasn't a description, it was a sarcastic, backhanded insult: "She didn't look like she got much physical activity if you know what I mean." nudge nudge, wink wink. Let's not pretend that this was something other than a snarky little dig at a fat woman that the observer didn't like. If the reporter felt that the nanny's size was a means of identifying her, it would've been noted with the rest of her description.
Isn't it possible that the poster only included skin color in order to prove that it WAS a nanny, and not a mom or other relative? Stop being petty and just care about the kids.
If you were so concerned, why not say something to the nanny. I am a nanny and if I see something like that I always say something in a very nice way to the nanny. Or is it that you are against African American or you just don't like Jamaicans.
nutty nut,
why would someone have to be against Jamaicans just because she was peeved byu the nanny's favoritism?
The race card?
I don't think so.
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