Summary Of Kristina Durocher's Raising Racist

Raising Racist by Kristina DuRocher is a very eye-opening piece in regards to the way children in the southern part of the United States of America were socialized to believe that being Caucasian makes one more superior through the time period after slavery ended. DuRocher analyzed how racist ideologies are expressed among youth from the day they were basically brought home to the time they pass it down to their own offspring and creating a cycle.
Ever since a child is born, they are constantly observing and learning. In this initial stage of life, their parents are their first teachers. They are constantly copying behavior and the role of the home as their classroom. DuRocher states that the first place white children are taught racial ideologies