Is Racism Learned
Every day people are hurt, affected, and even targets of racism. Why, just because someone dislikes the color of their skin. This leads to someone feeling left out, scarred, or even wanting to commit suicide. Is racism really learned? Racism is defined as a belief or doctrine that inherits differences among various human races or a policy or system government. Although, around 1936- along with the word racist- a new definition arises, hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. The history of racism can be dated back all the way to biblical times. The rest of the world was jealous because the Jews were said to be God’s chosen people. In Deuteronomy, it states, “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has
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Children are born with purity, but through socialization, a child learns to hate. They learn that “different” could be a good or bad thing. For instance, when a child is introduced to food of another culture, they say things like ‘’yuck’’ or ‘’it smells weird.’’ At ages three to five, preschoolers are now starting to figure out racial identity and ‘’color.’’ They are learning to differentiate the colors for objects being able to apply them to real people. It is a delicate process and if handled right, that child will not develop racism. This kind of situation was handled in a positive way, but in another scenario; a five year old white boy is playing with a neighbor that happens to be Indian. He noticed his toys were gone and blamed the Indian which is a prejudice among the community. Later another boy experienced the same thing a told the police officer that the Indian had stolen their toys. Here, whatever the source, it depicted inaccurate stereotypes. Preschoolers are still having to learn what is authentic or not. They personalize their learning on themselves or others, causing it to be difficult for them to understand “groupness.”
Children nine to twelve years of age begin to understand historical and geographical aspects of racial identity and ancestry. Their awareness of cultural and political values begins to deepen and they develop feelings based on knowledge of cultural values. At this age, kids have the capacity for deeper understanding racism in historical, social/institutional dimensions, and personal levels. This will benefit them with a better chance of not being racist in any
Children are born with purity, but through socialization, a child learns to hate. They learn that “different” could be a good or bad thing. For instance, when a child is introduced to food of another culture, they say things like ‘’yuck’’ or ‘’it smells weird.’’ At ages three to five, preschoolers are now starting to figure out racial identity and ‘’color.’’ They are learning to differentiate the colors for objects being able to apply them to real people. It is a delicate process and if handled right, that child will not develop racism. This kind of situation was handled in a positive way, but in another scenario; a five year old white boy is playing with a neighbor that happens to be Indian. He noticed his toys were gone and blamed the Indian which is a prejudice among the community. Later another boy experienced the same thing a told the police officer that the Indian had stolen their toys. Here, whatever the source, it depicted inaccurate stereotypes. Preschoolers are still having to learn what is authentic or not. They personalize their learning on themselves or others, causing it to be difficult for them to understand “groupness.”
Children nine to twelve years of age begin to understand historical and geographical aspects of racial identity and ancestry. Their awareness of cultural and political values begins to deepen and they develop feelings based on knowledge of cultural values. At this age, kids have the capacity for deeper understanding racism in historical, social/institutional dimensions, and personal levels. This will benefit them with a better chance of not being racist in any