In a perfect world, parents teach their children to be color-blind, but when parents are silent, others will influence their kids. And as with all things that are considered to be negative, their good at covering up their attitudes because they know that they are not the most popular. Kaiman says kids are comfortable with kids just like them. Staying within their own group helps them feel safe. Studies show that hostility toward outside groups starts as early as age three and culture dictates who is an outsider and who is not.
Psychologists say a key factor in preventing racism is to get children to talk about it.
People want to downplay difference by not talking about it, but when parents don't talk, children tend to guess about parent's beliefs. Psychologists say a lack of dialogue about race in school and at home can promote negative stereotypes. Over the next 20 years, the U. S. population will grow by 42 million people. By the year 2000, English will be the second language in California. If I get a B, they're like, you better pull that up.