083: White privilege in parenting: What it is & what to do about it
b'This episode launches a series of conversations on the intersection of race and parenting. I spent a month wading around in the psychological literature on this topic and deciding how best to approach it, and eventually decided to split it into four topics.\\nToday we\\u2019ll dig into white privilege in parenting through a conversation with https://www.margarethagerman.com/ (Dr. Margaret Hagerman) on her book https://amzn.to/2MyZXJC (White kids: Growing up with privilege in a racially divided America) [affiliate link].\\nFor those of us who are white, white privilege can be an incredibly uncomfortable to discuss. After all, we didn\\u2019t ask for this privilege \\u2013 we were just born into a system where we have it. But the reality is that we do have it, and many of the actions we take on a daily basis mean that we don\\u2019t just benefit from it but we actively take steps to perpetuate that advantage. So in this episode we\\u2019ll learn how we can recognize that privilege in our lives and we\\u2019ll start to learn about some steps we can take to address it.\\nIn upcoming episodes we\\u2019ll look at white privilege in schools, parents\\u2019 responsibility to work on dismantling systems of racial privilege, how to talk with children about race, and what children learn about race in school (and what you can do to supplement this).\\nI\\u2019m really excited to begin this conversation, but at the same time I want to acknowledge that while these episodes are based on a close reading of the literature, this is a massive subject and I\\u2019m not the expert here \\u2013 I\\u2019m learning along with you. If you think I\\u2019ve missed the mark, do let me know either in the comments or via the Contact page. And if you\\u2019d like to participate in a series of conversations on this topic with other interested parents, do join us in the free https://www.facebook.com/groups/2174808219425589/ (Your Parenting Mojo Facebook group) \\u2013 just search for #whiteprivilege to find the thread.\\nYou might also be interested to listen back to earlier related episodes:\\nhttps://yourparentingmojo.com/006-wait-is-my-toddler-racist/ (Wait, is my toddler racist?) (Recorded back when I was still learning to distinguish between prejudice and racism!)\\nhttps://yourparentingmojo.com/socialgroups/ (How children form social groups), which is critical to understanding how they develop prejudices in the first place.\\n \\nLooking for references? They\\u2019re now at the bottom of the transcript, in an attempt to keep the episode pages a bit cleaner\\u2026\\nhttps://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Fwhiteprivilege%2Fandlinkname=083%3A%20White%20privilege%20in%20parenting%3A%20What%20it%20is%20%26%20what%20to%20do%20about%20it ()https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Fwhiteprivilege%2Fandlinkname=083%3A%20White%20privilege%20in%20parenting%3A%20What%20it%20is%20%26%20what%20to%20do%20about%20it ()https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Fwhiteprivilege%2Fandlinkname=083%3A%20White%20privilege%20in%20parenting%3A%20What%20it%20is%20%26%20what%20to%20do%20about%20it ()https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Fwhiteprivilege%2Fandlinkname=083%3A%20White%20privilege%20in%20parenting%3A%20What%20it%20is%20%26%20what%20to%20do%20about%20it ()'