The Star Tulip
The Star Tulip
Vignette Ching
Bedtime Story About Race Politics with a Non-Black Five Year Old
18 minutes Posted Jun 1, 2020 at 4:13 am.
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Have we all been hearing about how kids as young as 2 start internalizing notions about race and how important it is to talk to them about it? Me too, but I always wonder, “how?” So here is an example of me doing it and sometimes doing it poorly because it’s awkward and hard. There were many cringeworthy moments and he surprised me with some toxic masculinity I didn’t know someone who I have been so careful in shielding from violence and mindful about gender language could be. I hope this is listened to with love.