Talking to Kids about Race

Per the readings last week, there are a couple of other resources I came across which discuss the issue of talking to children about race issues.

The first is a blog by one of the authors of your article from last week, Po Bronson. He discusses his experience as a parent, and relates the research to his own concerns about having those conversations with his 3 year old daughter. It's readable and interesting.

The second is an article by Raina Kelley, published in Newsweek. It also references the Bronson and Merryman article and talks about discussing race with her biracial son. I have to say, her quote here about how it might be uncomfortable to talk about race with your kids got me rolling: "But parents have to do all kinds of things that make them feel yucky inside—from learning how to use an anal thermometer on a squirming infant to grounding your kid for smoking pot despite the fact that you used to toke so much bud it'd put a Rastafarian to shame. That's just the way parenting goes." She's a great writer.