Today’s entry in the “Oh my God, I can’t believe there was a time when it was okay to put this on television” file is a clip of scenes from the ’80s PBS show “Many Voices, Many Visions” in which a little white girl with a perm gets teased by her peers for looking like a black boy.  Fortunately, she’s got the world’s best mom to comfort her.  After Mom tells the little girl, “It’s just a perm, it’ll grow out,” she adds, “It’s not like you’re really black.”  Phew!  That would be way worse!  Thanks, Mom!

[via BuzzFeed, although Mental Floss included it in a feature a while back]