Posted on 08/27/2002 9:38:25 AM PDT by hsmomx3
Some Phoenix children are learning the world is not just black and white.
It's mocha, gingerbread, melon, wheat, toast, peach, or ebony, buff and sand - all shades of the skin-toned art supplies Phoenix's Headstart program has started using so preschoolers of all colors can draw accurate representations of themselves.
"Not only can we teach our students that darker skin colors are good, we can teach other children of lighter skin tones that (having dark skin is) a positive," said Vincent Medina, 26, who teaches about 20 preschoolers at the Travis L. Williams Family Service Center, 4732 S. Central Ave., one of seven centers run by the city.
The change was prompted by low ratings in the "multiculturalism" category in a self-assessment. The centers now stock more multicolored clay, crayons, markers, paint and construction paper, said Lisa Eversole, a program supervisor at Travis Williams. "It brings out conversation with the children, which then allows the teacher to go into diverse conversations - like how we're all different, but alike," Eversole said.
A decade ago, students rarely had access to such a rainbow of diverse shades - having to mix colors to get to match all skin tones. Four-year-old Alexis Acevedo doesn't have to do that. "I wouldn't like (to draw) just White people," said Acevedo of Phoenix. "I like brown people and pink people, too."
Sounds like Mr. Medina has some issues with White people. Im so glad he can work it out through planting ideas impressionable minds at taxpayers expense.
Owl_Eagle
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"
This should stop the kids from watching Snow White.
and as for calling those poor people dwarfs.
Disgusting, I tell ya.
Just had to get that hate-whitey line in. I wasn't aware that Crayola only produced white crayons. You learn something new every day.
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