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Yukishiro1
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Actually the study seems to suggest the opposite. White kids are much more pessimistic about race relations probably because their parents think not talking about it is a better solution and are silly enough to think their kids won't notice if they don't say anything. Whereas black kids are much more likely to hear about race from their parents even at an early age.
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Vydor
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Registered: 2001-12-24 21:14:09
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Actually the study seems to suggest the opposite. White kids are much more pessimistic about race relations probably because their parents think not talking about it is a better solution and are silly enough to think their kids won't notice if they don't say anything. Whereas black kids are much more likely to hear about race from their parents even at an early age.
Yeah, but that doesn't jive with my experience. We talked about race when my kids had questions, which was only once or twice...other than that, racism was a non-factor.
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Sin_of_Onin
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Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
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Yeah this is not the first study that supports the position of having the kids sit down and talk things out a bit.
The whole, "lets not talk about it and hope it goes away" tactic doesn't work.
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Sin_of_Onin
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Vydor posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
Actually the study seems to suggest the opposite. White kids are much more pessimistic about race relations probably because their parents think not talking about it is a better solution and are silly enough to think their kids won't notice if they don't say anything. Whereas black kids are much more likely to hear about race from their parents even at an early age.
Yeah, but that doesn't jive with my experience. We talked about race when my kids had questions, which was only once or twice...other than that, racism was a non-factor.
That is why studies don't just look at one kid.
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dae_trist
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Registered: 2003-6-5 13:32:39
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The thing is, the study loses some significance because they exclude the other fabricated American races, "Hispanics" and "Asians". Then they should just have the kids pick which one is more likely to push someone off a swing.
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Yukishiro1
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The study also says it matters a lot whether your kids have contact with kids of other races or not. If they do, not talking about race may not matter. If they don't, it's probably more important. Kids are not dumb and if you never put them in situations where they can get to know kids of other races they will make assumptions, especially if you try to avoid talking about it.
Also, kids are kids. Even if there was no such thing as racism an an established ism kids would still discriminate against eachother based on skin color. Just like they do based on height and weight and hair color and eye color and whether you have ears that stick out from your head or who are poor or any other little thing they can find that distinguishes them from "normal" kids. Kids are wired to pick out and ostracize people who are different.
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Vydor
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Registered: 2001-12-24 21:14:09
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
Vydor posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
Actually the study seems to suggest the opposite. White kids are much more pessimistic about race relations probably because their parents think not talking about it is a better solution and are silly enough to think their kids won't notice if they don't say anything. Whereas black kids are much more likely to hear about race from their parents even at an early age.
Yeah, but that doesn't jive with my experience. We talked about race when my kids had questions, which was only once or twice...other than that, racism was a non-factor.
That is why studies don't just look at one kid.
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But that's how I believe it worked for me and my family, and how I would suggest it. My kids are blissfully unawares of the tensions that I grew up in, and will keep that from them as much as possible. Not to say completely ignorant, but definitely not as a major issue.
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Vydor
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Yukishiro1 posted:
The study also says it matters a lot whether your kids have contact with kids of other races or not. If they do, not talking about race may not matter. If they don't, it's probably more important. Kids are not dumb and if you never put them in situations where they can get to know kids of other races they will make assumptions, especially if you try to avoid talking about it.
Yeah, I think that has a lot to do with it.
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Friarspam
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Registered: 2007-1-23 07:01:27
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What's wrong with idea of just telling kids to be nice to everyone that they can? Do you REALLY think that stressing "be nice to minorities" is the answer? Hell, if a person is a good and decent individual they should already be treating folks the same, regardless of "color".
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dae_trist posted:
Yeah, it has nothing to do with the fact that black kids are more likely to need to be disciplined in school and are more likely to be violent. You are living in a bubble if you don't pick up on this obvious fact.
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