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Sesame Street to Introduce 2 new African American Characters link
first off, I have no issue with the fact the SS is introducing black characters, thats not what this is about.
Second, I'm no psychologist so I have no scientific data to back up or disprove this, but I found this piece of the story odd.
My only proof that seems odd to me is looking at my own children, 14 and 10. We live in a very diverse neighborhood, a mix of white spanish and African American. My oldest is really the onyl white kid in her group, and closest friend in her school is our neighbors (who are only a year or so into our neighborhood) and are African American.
My son has a less diverse friend group mainly b/c most of his friends are from his ice hockey team (which is predominantly white sport) but I know he has AA and spanish friends in his class b/c I hear him speak about playing with them at recess.
Whereas our very close family friend unit—adults and kids we typically spend our time with and go on vacation with—are all white. Even their caregiver from ages 0-5 was a white woman (saying b/c caregivers were mentioned in the study)
If anything, I have hope in the younger generations as I believe that are more color blind and inclusive to people of different races and gender differences. They have grown up with TV shows of mixed families and alternative lifestyles.
IDK if I really believe this science?
(and yes, I know the DailyWire is a conservative outlet, but it was the quote I am reacting to)
first off, I have no issue with the fact the SS is introducing black characters, thats not what this is about.
Second, I'm no psychologist so I have no scientific data to back up or disprove this, but I found this piece of the story odd.
“At Sesame Workshop, we look at every issue through the lens of a child. Children are not colorblind—not only do they first notice differences in race in infancy, but they also start forming their own sense of identity at a very young age,” Betancourt said. “‘The ABCs of Racial Literacy’ is designed to foster open, age-appropriate conversations among families and support them in building racial literacy. By encouraging these much-needed conversations through Coming Together, we can help children build a positive sense of identity and value the identities of others.”
The Department of Education explicitly told parents that “silence about race reinforces racism by letting children draw their own conclusions based on what they see.”
The graphic shows the linear aging of a child and details how parents should talk about race and racism at each stage of their childhood. Parents are told to talk to their three-month-olds about racism because “babies look more at faces that match the race of their caregivers.”
At the age of two, the graphic claims that children use race “to reason about people’s behaviors” and, by 30 months, they allegedly use race to choose their friends. By ages four and five, children allegedly become racially prejudiced.
According to the graphic, by the time children reach kindergarten they can become full-blown racists. Kindergarteners allegedly “show many of the same racial attitudes that adults in our culture hold — they have already learned to associate some groups with higher status than others.” Parents are encouraged to have conversations with kindergarteners to discuss how interracial friendships can improve their racial attitudes.
My only proof that seems odd to me is looking at my own children, 14 and 10. We live in a very diverse neighborhood, a mix of white spanish and African American. My oldest is really the onyl white kid in her group, and closest friend in her school is our neighbors (who are only a year or so into our neighborhood) and are African American.
My son has a less diverse friend group mainly b/c most of his friends are from his ice hockey team (which is predominantly white sport) but I know he has AA and spanish friends in his class b/c I hear him speak about playing with them at recess.
Whereas our very close family friend unit—adults and kids we typically spend our time with and go on vacation with—are all white. Even their caregiver from ages 0-5 was a white woman (saying b/c caregivers were mentioned in the study)
If anything, I have hope in the younger generations as I believe that are more color blind and inclusive to people of different races and gender differences. They have grown up with TV shows of mixed families and alternative lifestyles.
IDK if I really believe this science?
(and yes, I know the DailyWire is a conservative outlet, but it was the quote I am reacting to)
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