Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for Generations and Why It's Time to Break the Cycle

Book overview Description Editorial Reviews MP3 CD FormatWe need only scan the latest news headlines to see how bias and prejudice harm adults and children alike--every single day.Police shootings that give rise to the Black Lives Matter revolution, rampant sexual harassment of women and the subsequent #MeToo movement, and extreme violence toward trans men and women are just three examples.It would be easy to fix these problems if the examples stopped with a few racist or sexist individuals, but there are also biases embedded in our government policies, media, and institutions.As a developmental psychologist and international expert on stereotypes and discrimination in children, Dr.

Christia Spears Brown knows that biases and prejudice don't just develop as people become adults (or CEOs or politicians).

They begin when children are young, slowly growing and exposed to prejudice in their classrooms, after-school activities, and, yes, even in their homes, no matter how enlightened their parents may consider themselves to be.The only way to have a more just and equitable world--not to mention more broad-minded, empathetic children--is for parents to closely examine biases beginning in childhood and how they infiltrate our kids' lives.