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Race Relations and Racism Is Term Paper
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Subject:Personal Issues
Topic:Assimilation
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Improving Race Relations Through Education: Teaching Children Diversity
An article in the journal Childhood Today (Swiniarski, 2006) offers numerous helpful and resourceful ideas for teaching children about how to become "citizens of the world." This is not a strategy that specifically teaches about "racism" or "racial prejudice"; but according to the author, teaching children about the responsibilities of being "a world citizen" in fact embraces (in a hands-on environment) the issues of multiculturalism.
Swiniarski asserts that her program ("Global Education") - if implemented properly - affords children (and their families) an opportunity to "learn about their planet, its people, and habitats." Moreover, Global Education (GE) teaches children to "respect the beliefs of others," to "contribute ideas," and to "share a sense of belonging in a climate that is safe, accepting of one another, and inclusive of diverse cultures." The GE classroom respects all cultures and avoids stereotypes ("...not all children in Hawaii dance in grass skirts"; Alaskan children may be native Inuits "or recent immigrants"; Africa is "a continent not a country").
Every family has "a special culture," Swiniarski explains, and so each child identifies his or her own family heritage (with input from parents who visit the classroom). Teachers must be "responsive to diversity issues in an inclusive classroom" and to "view the world from many perspectives." The use of toys is important since toys "reflect societies' multiple values, belief systems." The book area in a GE classroom should be "stacked with stories representing different cultures, written in a variety of languages and telling tales from around the globe." Further, legends from American minority cultures and world cultures should be presented in "a rich array of heroes and heroines, as well as explanations of how the world works." The points raised by Swiniarski's article are valid and pragmatic; start children young when it comes to their exposure to cultures from around the world - and from around the block.
Works Cited
Bernasconi, Robert. Race and Racism in Continental Philosophy. Bloomington, Indiana:
Indiana University Press, 2003.
Feagin, Joe R., & Feagin, Clairece Booher. Racial and Ethnic Relations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 1993.
Feagin, Joe R. Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations. New York:
Routledge, 2000.
Kovel, Joel. White Racism: A Psychohistory. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970.
Swiniarski, Louise Boyle. "Helping young children become citizens of the world." Early
Childhood Today 21.3 (2006): 36-43.
U.S. Department of Justice / Office…
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Works Cited
Bernasconi, Robert. Race and Racism in Continental Philosophy. Bloomington, Indiana:
Indiana University Press, 2003.
Feagin, Joe R., & Feagin, Clairece Booher. Racial and Ethnic Relations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 1993.
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