"Ears like mine"

I found Z-man checking himself out in the bathroom mirror.  He was touching his ears/pressing them with the palms of his hands.

He told me that there was a boy in his class that has ears and hair like his.  I asked to clarify.  He said "flat, down hair" like his (it's short now).

I asked if he was friends with the boy.  No, he's in the other preschool class and his skin isn't the same.

I asked for clarification.  He started to say that the other boy's skin was like mine but stopped.  We figured that the boy has skin between my color and Z's.

This is the 2nd or 3rd time he's brought up skin color recently.  Last time I had to point out that we don't make friends based on the color of someone's skin.  Really?  After one day of preschool that was our conversation!

We select friends based on kindness, interests, liking someone, etc. and not on skin.  We elect not to get in trouble with kids in our class because we want to make the right choices - regardless of skin color.

Innocence is eroding.