I am a white woman, I live in a white bubble and although I know and am friendly with many black people my family and closest friends are all white.
I have brought my children up to not be racist, to the best of my ability. They understand and take on board that skin colour should not matter to how we treat other people.
But I have not taught about white privilege as I have only just understood it myself.
With the murder of George Floyd I tried to talk to my son about how awful it is. But as he believes through my parenting that skin colour may not be the reason as in his mind all people are equal. He thinks it is bad what happened but is not understanding just how bad it is and how difficult it is to be a black man, particularly in America.
I am glad he himself would not treat black people differently to white people but I have failed to teach that racism is a bias underlying many institutions, particularly American police in a lot of states.
My son is is 15 with ASD so I need some help on how to explain this to him.
Any guidance for me please, and try not to pile on and slate me, I have done the best I can so far and know I am very lacking.
I was thinking some films showing this may help, any recommendations?
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helloagainmyfriend · 01/06/2020 10:44
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