Youngsters learn about race whether or not adults actively or consciously teach them. They observe how their caregivers—and our unequal society—value/devalue different skin colors. We know kids are like sponges. We must stop acting like these sponges aren’t soaking in race. 1/5
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1456226430468116481
The question we should be asking: What are our kids soaking in about race? What is our highly unequal and segregated society teaching kids when we think they are not listening or watching or understanding? 2/5
What are young kids soaking in from an environment that says bad people, not bad policies, are the cause of racial inequality? How many kids are learning “dark is bad” when to be antiracist is to see no skin color or race as bad? 3/5
How can caregivers protect our children from racism? How can caregivers ensure kids are soaking in racial equality and come of age supporting racial justice for all people? These are some of the questions I've asked myself as a parent and went about researching as a scholar. 4/5
I share these evidence-based answers—weaving in stories on race from my daughter’s childhood and my own—in HOW TO RAISE AN ANTIRACIST. The book comes out in June. 5/5
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