“We have to actively fight against racism,” she said, before quoting her friend, late congressman and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis. It’s also revealed that Mrs. MacGrady knows Lewis because they both attended the March on Washington in 1963. Some parents thought kids who watch “Arthur” were too young to be exposed to these kinds of ideas, but Greenwald said, but the showrunners disagreed. “Maybe some kids can be protected from these issues, but not all kids, and we want all kids to understand what these issues mean to different communities,” she said. Kids are actually aware of racial difference much earlier than parents might realize, according to experts in early childhood education.

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2020 19:38 UTC