Vittrup sent a third of the families home with multiculturally themed videos for a week, such as an episode of Sesame Street in which characters visit an African-American family's home, and an episode of Little Bill, where the entire neighborhood comes together to clean the local park. Full Story »
Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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This story underscores the superficiality of our contemporary belief that "diversity" and "multiculturalism" will eventually produce a colorblind society. The reality is far more complex, based not so much on differentiated skin color as it is on differing cultural norms that produce widely divergent outcomes among the various groups we too crudely define as "racial." This article highlights some of the resultant distortions; my only criticism is that it rambles--only the most ... More »
As a partner in an interracial marriage, with three multiracial children, this topic has been a matter of lifelong interest. To me the most ... More »
Fascinating discussion of information in the book, NurtureShock about children's attitudes about race and the implications for child rearing.
would the track record of desegregation be so mixed if parents reinforced it, rather than remaining silent? It is tempting to believe that because their generation is so ... More »
Every year there are at least a dozen stories about racial discrimination and bias published. Many have chose to focus on a childrens idea of race; however, this article has brought to light new insight into children and how they too discriminate and why. This is quality journalism because the article there is insightful ideas how the children develop their dicriminatory thoughts. As the article states as children we are all taught that " we are all friends". Parents generally ... More »
I personally dont remember every having a direct conversation with my parents about race. Although, I grew up in a rural area with all caucasians; ... More »
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