White boy (5) asks for same haircut as black friend 'to confuse his pre-school teacher'

A five-year-old boy from Kentucky asked his mum if he could get a haircut, so he could look like his friend and confuse his teacher.

Jax Rosebush (5) asked his mum Lydia for the haircut so he could look like his friend Reddy Weldon (5).

"This morning Jax and I were discussing his wild hair. I told him that he needed a haircut this weekend. He said that he wanted his head shaved really short so he could look like his friend Reddy.

"He said he couldn't wait to go to school on Monday with his hair like Reddy's so that his teacher wouldn't be able to tell them apart. He thought it would be so hilarious to confuse his teacher with the same haircut," mum Lydia posted on Facebook.

"Here's a picture of Jax and Reddy from their Christmas program. I'm sure you all see the resemblance.

"If this isn't proof that hate and prejudice is something that is taught I don't know what is. The only difference Jax sees in the two of them is their hair," Lydia added.

The sweet story has since gone viral.

Reddy's father Kevin Weldon, told WAVE-TV that he adopted Reddy and his brother, who were born in Africa.

"It's really cool to see that move on from our family right into his relationships with his friends," Kevin Weldon, Reddy's father, said.

"There's an innocence children have that sometimes we lose. If we could get some of that back, I think it would be amazing.

"My sons do not look like me... but we are family all the same," Mr Weldon said.

"We share the same last name, love each other with all we have, and are a forever family. One day when I am gone, they will inherit all that I have and carry on our family name."

nicko wrote:What a great picture,  two smart looking lad's.

Syl wrote:It is a wonderful story, and it proves, if any proof were needed that racism is taught not inherent.

Obviously when we mature we see the differences, but am I the only one who doesn't really see a black person as black or a white person as white....if asked to describe someone I would probably describe their hair or what they were wearing...the colour would certainly not be the first thing that sprang to mind.

Original Quill wrote:

Syl wrote:It is a wonderful story, and it proves, if any proof were needed that racism is taught not inherent.

Obviously when we mature we see the differences, but am I the only one who doesn't really see a black person as black or a white person as white....if asked to describe someone I would probably describe their hair or what they were wearing...the colour would certainly not be the first thing that sprang to mind.

Or to complete the point, skin color would simply be another descriptive trait, having no other meaning than to identify the person.  At least that's my view.

Tommy Monk wrote:Sounds like a load of Facebook waffle to me...


They haven't even got the same haircuts!!!


One has short all over, and other has longer on top and pushed up into a little middle mohawk thing!

Tommy Monk wrote:It also says the kid has 'wild hair and needs a haircut'... but I don't see that either...

eddie wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:It also says the kid has 'wild hair and needs a haircut'... but I don't see that either...

You know, instead of coming here, you could've built a bonfire and pissed on it.