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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While it is true that black children are less biased than white children, it is also true that they still seem to prefer whiteness and lighter skin color than dark skin color.

Also, given that white kids are more racist than black kids, why would you want to surround your black child with white children who aren't being educated about race?[/quote]

Different philosophies. [b]My children don't see color and never have and have [/b]always thought of all kids as equal. They have friends of all races and religions. We never discussed race until recently because I think by pointing out differences and making an issue where there want one before. Now that they are older we have discussed it more and I wish we had not as I think it taints them.[/quote]

This is maybe what you desperately want to believe, but unless your child is literally blind and not particularly observant, impossible.

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/08/when-minority-kids-are-taught-color-blindness.html ("When Minority Kids Are Taught Color Blindness")
[i]Racial color-blindness sounds pretty good in theory. After all, aren’t we supposed to be judging people based only on the contents of their character, rather than the color of their skin? But critics of the idea say it has some serious downsides. They argue that since race is a major contributing factor in all sorts of societal outcomes, from who goes to jail to what educational opportunities a child has, to adopt color-blindness as an ideology is to ignore important discrepancies, thereby allowing them to fester. If you can’t really even talk about racism, in other words, how are you supposed to address it?[/i]

https://www4dev.uwm.edu/letsci/africology/faculty/upload/children_colorblind.pdf ("Children Are Not Colorblind")
[i]"There is a myth in popular culture that young children are “colorblind” or don’t notice race. By this logic, children are “blank slates” who cannot develop racial prejudices until they are explicitly taught 
to do so.... In fact, research clearly shows that children not only recognize race from a very young age, but also develop racial biases by ages three to five that do not necessarily resemble the racial attitudes of adults in their lives."
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http://www.nais.org/Magazines-Newsletters/ISMagazine/Pages/What-White-Children-Need-to-Know-About-Race.aspx ("What White Children Need to Know About Race")
[i]"In particular, the research suggests that for fear of perpetuating racial misunderstandings, being seen as a racist, making children feel badly, or simply not knowing what to say, many white parents tend to believe that there is never a right time to initiate a conversation about race.1 They talk to their children about race if it becomes relevant in their lives (mostly in negative contexts). Otherwise, they tell their children that people are all the same and that they should not see race.
While white parents’ intention is to convey to their children the belief that race shouldn’t matter, the message their children receive is that race, in fact, doesn’t matter. The intent and aim are noble, but in order for race not to matter in the long run, we have to acknowledge that, currently, it does matter a great deal. If white parents want their children to contribute to what researchers Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer describe as a “racially just America”2 in which race does not unjustly influence one’s life opportunities, their children will need to learn awareness and skills that they cannot acquire through silence and omission."[/i]
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