Race and Racism Among Children
Posted by The Situationist Staff on May 25, 2012
From CNN:
Anderson Cooper details a study that seeks to gain insight into the way black and white children perceive each other.
A sample of related Situationist posts:
- The Pretense of Colorblindness
- “Talk to an Iraqi” from This American Life
- The Situation of the Obama Presidency and Race Perceptions
- Color Conscious Situation of Neighborhood Choice
- The Legal and Procedural Situation of Segregation
- Perceptual Segregation – Abstract
- Blood & Race
- Wages Are Only Skin Deep – Abstract
- Why Race May Influence Us Even When We “Know” It Doesn’t
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Paradigm said
It’s odd that they say kids pick up this from TV shows since The Ethnic Friend is almost required by law in film and TV. My guess is that tribalism is in our nature. Adults conceal this more than kids, that’s all.