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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't teach my 3-year-old about racism. At this stage, I'm letting her grow in the world as she sees it where people come in all sorts of different colours and we're all just 'same but different'. Same for gender issues - she just sees or experiences girls doing a range of different things and in wide variety of roles, as do boys.

When she's older and starts to understand news or we come across issues, I will explain what's right or wrong and my view of those things.

Right now she hasn't encountered or witnessed racism or racial issues in her life - which I think is a good thing - and I think she's too young to really understand theoretical explanations.[/quote]

So, you know the "colorblind" approach is not recommended, right?  And no, she's not too young to understand that people might treat her friend differently because of her skin color.

Oh wait, you're probably the kind of person who lives in a very white area.[/quote]

I would not say it's a colorblind approach - I fully expect my daughter to see and know that there are people of different colors and cultures, and I want her to grow up taking that for granted, as natural. [b]There is no hierarchy between races[/b].

As for what kind of person I am, no am not living in a very white area - I live in NoVa. However, I have lived in a very white area most of my life and part of my daughter's life. In another country and with a whole lot of exposure to and experience with different nationalities, I might add. I do not think there is anything wrong living in a very white area, not does it make you a certain kind of person.[/quote]

DP.  I don't disagree with this.  I think the problem is that too many people say they're teaching their children this but if you're not also teaching your children that there are people who don't believe this, and that there are powerful people who don't believe this, I think you are doing a disservice. [/quote]

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