Unnamed Anti-Racist Teacher

And I have two white children, two white daughters. They are seven and nine. And when I think about that question that you asked, what does it mean that's different? I think about how I'm really trying to force my children to reside in reality.

And I have two white children, two white daughters. They are seven and nine. And when I think about that question that you asked, what does it mean that's different? I think about how I'm really trying to force my children to reside in reality.

So that means that they are going to really push through all of the white fantasy that is just part of what it means to grow up in a white supremacist society. As gets talked about quite a lot is that whites have a lot of fantasy about what it means to be white and how maybe they deserve everything that

So that means that they are going to really push through all of the white fantasy that is just part of what it means to grow up in a white supremacist society. As gets talked about quite a lot is that whites have a lot of fantasy about what it means to be white and how maybe they deserve everything that

They've gotten there's a lack of history their children are very innocent And that innocence follows them throughout their lives through schooling and in every single institution Whereas children of color are even in some cases as Ferguson Studied are adultified at very young ages not even seen as children as innocents that deserve Loving correction or the same nurturing and so when I think about how what how to interrupt that with my own children

They've gotten there's a lack of history their children are very innocent And that innocence follows them throughout their lives through schooling and in every single institution Whereas children of color are even in some cases as Ferguson Studied are adultified at very young ages not even seen as children as innocents that deserve Loving correction or the same nurturing and so when I think about how what how to interrupt that with my own children

it comes up in many different ways. One of the things I think that white parents need to not be afraid to do, and which I know that they are, is to actually name racism as a power dynamic between white people and people of color.

it comes up in many different ways. One of the things I think that white parents need to not be afraid to do, and which I know that they are, is to actually name racism as a power dynamic between white people and people of color.

No, I'm turning it off. You're acting like a crazy assistant. Stop it! Oh, my God! Enough!

No, I'm turning it off. You're acting like a crazy assistant. Stop it! Oh, my God! Enough!

Kate has. My mom tried.

Kate has. My mom tried.

anti-racist teachers recognize, one, that the system is designed, the public education system is designed to harm black and brown children. It is not designed in their best interest. It never has been. And look, I benefited from public education. I get that. I'm the exception, not the rule.

anti-racist teachers recognize, one, that the system is designed, the public education system is designed to harm black and brown children. It is not designed in their best interest. It never has been. And look, I benefited from public education. I get that. I'm the exception, not the rule.

And I have two white children, two white daughters. They are seven and nine. And when I think about that question that you asked, what does it mean that's different? I think about how I'm really trying to force my children to reside in reality.

So that means that they are going to really push through all of the white fantasy that is just part of what it means to grow up in a white supremacist society. As gets talked about quite a lot is that whites have a lot of fantasy about what it means to be white and how maybe they deserve everything that

They've gotten there's a lack of history their children are very innocent And that innocence follows them throughout their lives through schooling and in every single institution Whereas children of color are even in some cases as Ferguson Studied are adultified at very young ages not even seen as children as innocents that deserve Loving correction or the same nurturing and so when I think about how what how to interrupt that with my own children

it comes up in many different ways. One of the things I think that white parents need to not be afraid to do, and which I know that they are, is to actually name racism as a power dynamic between white people and people of color.

No, I'm turning it off. You're acting like a crazy assistant. Stop it! Oh, my God! Enough!

Kate has. My mom tried.

anti-racist teachers recognize, one, that the system is designed, the public education system is designed to harm black and brown children. It is not designed in their best interest. It never has been. And look, I benefited from public education. I get that. I'm the exception, not the rule.