Posted on 08/09/2018 8:56:20 AM PDT by Trump20162020
Parenting in the current political climate isn't for the faint of heart. Recently, my 9-year old daughter asked me, "Mama, I know it's really bad they're putting people in jail, but do those people think, 'Well, at least I'm safe from war?' "
My 7-year old daughter quickly followed up with, "Why would someone say Donald Trump is keeping us safe?" Clearly, my two white kids, like all children in the United States, are absorbing the racialized rhetoric about immigration and "others" that's everywhere right now.
Numerous studies have shown the early and negative impact society's racism has on children's development. By the ages of 3 and 4, American children internalize racist stereotypes of self and others. By age 5, they recognize that different groups are treated differently and understand something about the racial social status. Children will never just "unlearn" these things on their own.
These studies were pre-2016. Public displays of racial hostility have since amplified, showing up in such topics as talk about kneeling NFL players, black families' attempts to enjoy a summer swim interrupted by white neighbors calling the police or immigration debates implying that people from south of the border are uniquely dangerous. We can only speculate how much worse the damage will be to children's long-term notions of self and others, and to what a just and peaceful society looks like.
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Sorry no kid that age talks that way unless they have been immersed in Trump political hatred for the last 2 years by their parents.
I second that recommendation.
Good advice.
and raising black kids to hate them too! It’s amazing what Obama has done for race relations.
yep raising white kids to feel they are inferior to minorities and should be embarassed because of their skin color.
It’s no wonder various idiots pretend to be black and Sen Warren pretended to be Cherokee. Logical, even.
As an aside, I have a large oil business. On the bank forms, I checked “black” to help my banker get better numbers for lending. Note sure, but I think he cut the rate .25% on the line (not that I use it right now).
Wonder what this twit would think of me? I am 19% Spanish, 12% African, 11% German and 6% Taino (the Indians of Puerto Rico.)
I’m sick and tired of all of the anti-white racism.
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