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[quote=Anonymous]Even if you're not comfortable, it's important to do it from a a young age: https://psyarxiv.com/3xdg8/

Exploring how Parent-Child Conversations about Race influence Children's Implicit Biases

Despite the fact that having conversations about race has been recommended as a way to curb children’s racial biases, no prior work has directly tested the impact of parents having these (racial socialization) conversations with their children. Most White American parents avoid talking about race and racism with their children, which seems to be due, in part, to White parents’ fear that increasing their children’s awareness and acknowledgement of race could lead to increased racial biases. With the current work, we examined the impact of a parental racial socialization conversation on children’s implicit anti-Black attitudes. Additionally, given parents' fears about such conversations, we assessed behavioral evidence of parental tenseness and anxiety during these discussions, and explored whether such cues moderated children’s implicit attitudes. Results revealed that children’s (and parents’) implicit attitudes significantly decreased from pre-to-post conversation. Moreover, even at relatively high levels, neither parental tenseness nor anxiety increased implicit anti-Black attitudes among children. Overall, our findings suggest the discomfort that White adults often experience when openly discussing racial issues need not be a barrier to progress, and that it may actually be helpful for White children to see their parents model discomfort with racist acts.

Perry, S., Skinner, A., Abaied, J., Osnaya, A., & Waters, S. (2020, May 18). Exploring how Parent-Child Conversations about Race influence Children's Implicit Biases. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3xdg8[/quote]

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