Posts Tagged ‘children and racial bias’

Should parents call attention to race with their children?

Monday, October 5th, 2009

“Remember, everybody’s equal.” This is what one woman kept telling her 5-year-old son. She thought she was getting the message across until the day -after seven months of her repetitive phrase – the boy asked, “Mommy, what’s ‘equal’ mean?” This really cracked me up. Many parents just can’t talk about race with their children. They [...]