What really caught my attention in the article Race and Respect Among Young Children was how such young children can comment another child based on their race. I thought that being so young; children wouldn’t even realize the differences between one another to make such comments as “Black girls can’t become queens”. Assuming that most children are criticizing one another because of their race, it will be a difficult subject to encounter. I remember being in elementary school and being able to determine different races but never have I thought about criticizing them. Since some children need a talk to understand how being racial can have an effect on someone, it may be hard for the teacher to approach the subject because it deals with slavery and other nationality conflicts. I find this method of educating children about racial comments in their early age because once they grow up they know not to judge a person by their nationality.
The most durable subject to come across, in my point of view, is a child’s lifestyle and where they live. There are many children who face problems at home or in their environment that makes them feel a certain way. In the article Teaching for Social Justice made me trace back to the times where I had lived in a neighborhood where there were always gang related situations that had kept me awake all night. It is understandable for young children to want a change in their community and realize that homeless people are not supposed to be out on the streets. For children to realize this at a young age is very good because once they start to have a strong passion for homeless people or disruptive neighborhoods, they will grow up trying to make a difference in their community and for their teacher to help them learn about why this is happening also educates the young students about what has to be right.
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