Jennifer Harvey, the author of " Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America ," is a religion professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. What we may find difficult is knowing what to do to make sure we're not raising the Amy Cooper of tomorrow. White silence is a statement about raceBut the reality is, in part, it's difficult because this is a generational problem. Most white parents of today came up in families in which white silence (at best) was a pervasive norm in our socialization. If we want to raise antiracist children, we must engage, even when we don't know how it's going to turn out.

Source: CNN May 28, 2020 11:21 UTC