If we believe that children are colorblind, we will miss opportunities to teach about race and racism.

Someone spread this idea that since children are born colorblind, and are not likely to show prejudice, and that adults also can become colorblind in their social interactions. Hmmm… 

Not only are children very color-aware, but they also do display racial prejudice at as young of an age as two years old. Everything depends on how they were brought up. 

Since color-blindness is not really a thing when it comes to race, how do we address that with our children? What kind of work do we do with them? What do we teach our children and how?

The children’s book on racism mentioned in the episode:

A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

The same book read on video, watch here.

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