Not sure why anybody is shocked that people are commonly depicted as white in cinema, books, television etc when whites are a majority in the countries they focus on when talking about this subject. If you go to India, would anybody assume to find their media representation of people not brown? Yes we have a history of racism in the west (everywhere does) but it makes sense to me that people in media reflect the demographics of the location the media comes from.It may seem like there's already more than enough writing about white children. After all, the vast majority of children's literature is about white kids. But, Hagerman told me by phone, "while there is a lot of writing about white kids, there is not a lot from a critical race perspective. Much of the developmental psychology literature uses white kids as the sample, but doesn't interrogate what whiteness means or how it situates them in society." White children are everywhere, but their whiteness is effectively invisible and unspoken.
Noah Berlatsky
White children are everywhere, but their whiteness is too often invisible and unspoken.
article said:As for white adults, Hagerman says, if they really want a less racist world, they may need to rethink how they approach parenting. "Everyone is trying to do the best for their kid," she says. "But I actually think that there are times when maybe the best interest of your own kid isn't actually the best choice. Ultimately, being a good citizen sometimes conflicts with being good parents. And sometimes maybe parents should decide to be good citizens over being good parents." That could mean voting to raise taxes so to better fund public schools. Maybe in our case it should have meant choosing a public school rather than a private one.
uuuuhhh, noanyone watch(ing) the R Kelly doc?