Of course my daughter yelled a racial slur

[Spot's Meow]

Those girls are just trolling folk they ride past.

My thoughts exactly. "I dare you to yell vagina when we pass that old guy!!" (Real age not relevant, anyone over 20 is old to them).

 

[Spock/Uhura Fan]

Teach her to say "Grandparents are assholes". After all, she wont know what it means...

Keep your daughter away from them. Maybe they'll recognise their error after not seeing their grandchild for a couple months and apologise to your wife and yourself.

Both are very good pieces of advice.

From reading this thread I must live on a different planet than some of you. I cannot even imagine hearing stuff like Rainbow Dash says above.

I feel the same way. I must be really lucky with where I live or who my friends and family are or something, because I don't encounter overt racism very often at all. I can think of a few comments here and there that were questionable, but I honestly can't believe some of the things I've read in this thread! I do live in a very diverse city, and my place of employment is pretty diverse as well.

Yes, it's a lot more difficult to think of people as different when you live in a place where everyone is not the same.

 

[gturner]

Those girls are just trolling folk they ride past.

That is extremely likely, especially since they seemed to repeat the identical statement a half-block on down. It's a guaranteed old man head-turner.

That, or they were bicycling to the hospital because one of them picked up a very nasty infection upstairs at a drunken high-school party, in which case all the old men say, "Ride on, girl!"

 

[KimMH]

Keep your daughter away from them. Maybe they'll recognise their error after not seeing their grandchild for a couple months and apologise to your wife and yourself.

They babysit her...

Then you might wish to consider finding a new sitter, rather than allowing them to be exposed to negative influences like that.

While a great idea not completely practical on two fronts. The first while more immediate is of lesser import, finances and convenience. Both conspire regularly to make child care a big deal for most parents of young children.

The other one is far more complicated and has ramifications that will go on pretty much forever; at least as far as your family is concerned.

Keping your kids and parents separated punishes them both and deprives them of some of the closest and most important relationships they will have. Unless your parents are abusive to your children or neglectful, you should perhaps seek professional help like a counselor to help you navigate this.

Making your parents understand you do not want your children eoxposed to racism will be the tougher task,relative to teaching your children that.