Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice

Description

Research has shown that children even as young as three years of age notice and comment on differences in skin color.
Humans of all ages tend to ascribe positive qualities to the group that they belong to and negative qualities to other groups.
Despite some parents＊ attempts to protect their children from frightening media content, children often become aware of incidents of community violence, including police shootings.
Parents who don＊t proactively talk about racial issues with their children are inadvertently teaching their children that race is a taboo topic. Parents who want to raise children to accept individuals from diverse cultures need to counter negative attitudes that their children develop from exposure to the negative racial stereotypes that persist in our society.