What a wonderful thing to do....letting them touch you makes all the difference. When I was around 4 or 5, I had to go to speech therapy because I was having such issues speaking. My therapist was African-American and I had never seen someone with such dark skin. I asked mom if the color would come off if I touched her. My mom, being wise, took me back in to the therapist's office, explained my curiosity, and the woman offered to let me touch her arm. I touched it, and then exclaimed, "She feels just like me."
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Lesson learned. :)