Vanderbilt and the Yeggman. Vipers. Vigor, the Hammersmith wonder.

I'm having problems in my claasic white Guardian-reader way explaining to Small that the "correct" descriptions for people are "black" and "white" rather than her current "brown" and "pinkish". It's a bitch to explain, because a) there isn't a rational explanation and b) I'm reluctant to intrude the "real" world on her current prelapsarian innocence. (Similarly I read recently about US diplomats seeing no reason why they shouldn't refer to visiting Pakistani delegates as Pakis - just as they refer to the UK delegates as Brits - but they're not 4 years old, so it's easier to explain the problem to them).