The Four Goals
Which goal focuses on helping children feel confident and proud of who they are?
Identity
White children tend to show positive attitudes/bias toward which racial group?
Their own
How is prejudice defined?
A preconceived judgment toward and individual or group often rooted in stereotypes
What important topic does anti-bias curriculum often ignore?
White privilege
Which goal teaches children to feel comfortable with differences and similarities?
Diversity
During what age range do children begin to recognize racial differences?
3–4 years
How is negative out-group attitudes defined?
Weak and/or negative feeling twords people who are outside one’s own group
What is one major criticism of anti-bias curriculum?
It focuses too much on individual bias instead of systemic racism
Which goal helps children recognize unfairness and understand that it hurts people?
Justice
What is racial innocence?
The common but incorrect belief that children are free from racial bias
How is anti-bias curriculumdefined?
An active/activist approach to challenging prejudice, stereotyping, bias, and the isms
What do children sometimes associate with white skin?
Beauty and positive traits
Which goal focuses on giving children tools to stand up against bias
Activism
Research shows that children form both positive and negative versions of these toward racial groups
Racial attitudes
How is whiteness defined?
A social construct that identifies white people as the invisible standard
What three key topics should teachers discuss to help children understand racism?
Power, privilege, and inequality
What are all four goals?
Identity, Diversity, Justice, Activism
How is racial self-identification defined?
Identifying with a particular aspect of one’s racial ancestry, such as skin color