Racism has been in this country and others for many years and so many great people has fought for equality for each person and just when you think it has slowly disappeared it is right in front of you.
I use to keep three little girls who's mom was white and their dad african american. They feel in love and brought three beautiful little girls into this world and unfortuently they where victims of racism.
I remember when we would take them to the park and the children and adults would just stare and whisper and the children would come up to the girls and ask, what color they was and they never knew what to say.
They went swimming one day and a little boy shouted look at those "black girls" that is nasty don't play with them and that was very hurtful and uncalled for.
As I sat and comforted them, I told them that some people in the world are cruel and are taught hatered from others and at this age they don't know any better. They should be proud of who they are because they are smart, beautiful children that is loved very much,
Still in other parts of the world you would think we were in the era with Martin Luther King, Jr and Rosa Parks. In Czech Republic the Roma children are seperated from the others. The "whites" school is downstairs while the "blacks" are upstairs. The parents and bus drives are insrtucted to come at different times for pick ups so they want be any blacks and whites mixing.
Even though racism, segeration and discrimination are outlawed there it is still practiced. The Roma children are seen as unclean, theifs, and retarted; as children are dumped into special schools.
Little is being done about this even though they know it is still happening in their country and they know about it, but they just keep saying "it's outlawed".
I think it is sad that this is still happening in the world. Children learn hatered and racism from their parents teahcings and beliefs. I don't know if this will ever be resolved.
I was always taught that I was know better than anyone and know one was better than me. We are all equals and we should treat every one the way we wanted to be treated. It is so sad to see people being miss treated because of a belief that has been passed down from generation to generation. When are we going to stop and teach our kids to care and treat every one fairly?
Traynor, Ian (2007, November 16). Apartheid in the heart of Europe: how Roma children lose out on education. The Guardian. Retrieved from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/16/schoolsworldwide.eu/print
I too beleive this is something that is learned from the parents or those role models in their lives. Unfortunatley if children are taught to behave this way, they do not know better. This is just one of the reasons I feel that the early years are so important and that children need a strong well rounded foundation of how everyone is different and unique and that we all deserve respect. Thanks for sharing this story!
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