Right now, the United States is on the brink of what could possibly be real, sustained, actual change in terms of race relations in this country. This would truly be new: Black families, and many families of color, have been suffering in this country for over 400 years. Right now, a lot of white families are waking up to the realities that Black families and individuals have been struggling against for years in this country. And right now, a lot of families who are waking up are trying to figure out how to talk about racial injustice with their children.
Unfortunately for those families, there is not one magical list or tool that we can use and get perfectly non-racist white children as a result. Instead, there’s just a lot of work that has to be done.
As with any conversation that has the potential to be difficult, it’s best to start slow and with careful deliberation. While it might be tempting to sit your kids down and subject them to a three-hour non-stop lecture on racial injustice in the United States, it’s not going to really teach them much. This is doubly true if you haven’t been having these conversations with your kids at all until now.
Before you start diving into conversations about racial injustice and how to build a better country for all of its citizens, take time to remind yourself that as a white person, you are not the authority here. You can be a good person and believe very good things and do good work, but these conversations should not center your experience or your voice. As a white person, I can write about talking about racial injustice with my kid from that perspective, but only that one.
As a friend of mine, filmmaker Johwell Saint-Cilien put it, “The continuing mistake allies make is entering the classroom with the intention of learning while sitting at the teacher’s desk.”
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/white-kids-racial-injustice/