unlearning the myths that binds us

Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us by Linda Christensen Caitlin Rennell

Quotes:

"The impact of racism begins early. Even in our preschool years, we are exposed to misinformation about people different from ourselves."
This quote means that racism begins early then we think. Children in preschool are going through it. When we were in preschool we were exposed to racism and information that wasn't true about people who are different from ourselves.
This quote contributes to the who article because the whole article is about the "myths" that we learned at early ages and how what was said has lead us in the wrong direction and blinded us to the truth.

"A Black Cinderella? Give Me a Break." She wrote: "Have you ever seen a black person, an Asian, a Hispanic in a cartoon? Did they have a leading role or were they a servant? What do you think this is doing to your child's mind?" She ended her piece: "Women who aren't white begin to feel left out and ugly because they never get to play the princess."
This quote means that she doesn't understand how cinderella can be anything but white and how white is a higher privilege and that we should be putting things like a black cinderella in a child's mind. Towards the end of the piece she makes it clear that because some many of the roles are played by white it may make other races feel left out.
This quote contributes to the who article because the whole article states that our media is mostly white and that lately fairy tails are being changed such as cinderella from disney white princess to a black princess.

"Instead of leaving students full of bile, standing around with their hands on their hips, shaking their heads about how bad the world is, I provided them the opportunity to make a difference."
This quote means that as a teacher its our obligation to make sure the this misinformation doesn't happen. We should be making sure that all types of people are known to be accepted. That there is nothing wrong with who anyone to accept everyone for who they are.
This quote contributes to this article because like I said before the whole article talks about how we give misinformation starting with preschoolers and how we should be making sure that from an early age kids no that they should accept everyone for who they are that differences are a good thing.

Questions/Comments/Points To Share:

I thought this article was extremely inspiring and well written. I like how it states how even as preschoolers we get this misinformation when we should be teaching acceptance for everyone. I think we should show the diverse movies to preschoolers and grades up to make them aware. My question is how could we not as teachers realize this misinformation being teach?