The mother with a son Bug’s age tells me she wants to raise her child colorblind. She is white, her boy Latino. She says our children will be able to grow up without racism. She says in her family, they choose not to point out differences.
My voice stumbles before overreaching. We’re both on our way somewhere. In this fleeting conversation, I say too much and not enough.
It’s a mistake for well-meaning white liberal parents to avoid conversations about race and bias. Racism is happening. It is grown right into the structures that govern our lives. What good do we do if we fail to give our kids a vocabulary for understanding it, for talking about it? For changing it? Continue reading “Tug of War”
Shannon E. Williams 