In response to just about any story about how to raise anti-racist children or about the pain Black parents feel having “the talk” with their young children before they feel ready often comes the familiar refrain: “I’m teaching my children that we don’t see color.”
When white parents tell their children, “We don’t see color,” it discourages them from acknowledging their own whiteness.
White parents can move through their lives without ever really having frank conversations with their kids about race, racism and white privilege.
“Talk to your children and acknowledge that racial differences and bias exist,” the AAP advised parents.
One reason why parents discourage their children from seeing color is that they’re uneasy about talking about racial bias themselves.
