My granddaughter is working toward her Masters degree in psychology - focusing on counseling children. She holds down 2 part time jobs in the related field - and one is where she does assessments of preschool children. Last week she arrived at a preschool as usual, and an adorable little black girl ran up to her and asked very seriously, if she was going to "shoot her". Tia was 100% certain that she heard her wrong, and asked her to repeat what she said. The little girl responded with "you're white, so that means you are going to shoot me"! Poor Tia was in total shock over this and found it quite upsetting. Obviously, the little girl learned this at home thru parents/caregivers/siblings. What are our children being taught?? - and that includes all children regardless of their color. When and how will this mindset ever change?????
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