Hi Andrew,

What you described is an excellent starting point (and how I was raised too.) And also the perfect place to start with younger children.

But…the problem with teaching older children to have a colorblind ideology is that it allows them to ignore the discrimination surrounding them. We clearly have a lot of work to do here. So many people wouldn’t have voted for a president who refused to denounce white supremacy, called Mexicans rapists, and instructed cops to be forceful during arrests. (He got his wish, and George Floyd paid the price.)

Discrimination is everywhere - socially and economically. I want my kids to see that it exists so as adults, they can change it. If you are “blind” there isn’t any problem to see and therefore (and very conveniently) nothing to fix.

Does that make more sense?