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[quote=Anonymous]I was really struck by the discussion about what we teach children in the book [i]White Fragility[/i], especially when it comes to ideas like “racism is just about bad individuals“ or “we don’t see color.” I’ve started talking to my 4 year old very explicitly about black people specifically and trying to introduce ideas about systemic unfairness. I know that sounds a little ridiculous for a 4 year old but when I discussed a system where his younger sister doesn’t get timeouts for doing the same stuff he does he understood pretty quickly. ;)

We live in a racist country. We are swimming in racist culture. It is the very air we breathe, so we (whites) don’t notice it. Our kids are learning about race the minute they’re born and if you want to be the one doing the teaching you can’t wait for them to bring it up. This takes work, work on yourself first and foremost so you can be a good teacher. It is not easy or just something you do once in January and then move on.

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