We are living in an increasingly diverse society, but parents today are talking about racism less than ever before.
Research shows that a parent's failure to discuss prejudice can actually promote it.
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.