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BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts) Sun Jan 17, 2016, 05:00 AM Jan 2016

Watch These 12-Year-Olds Talk About Race More Candidly Than Most Adults Do

http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/watch-these-twelve-year-olds-talk-about-race-more-candidly-than-most-adults-do

Recently, New York Public Radio (WNYC) decided to go straight to kids themselves and asked a group of 12-year-olds, “What are you?” for the radio series “Being 12.” Their answers revealed the array of complex experiences that pre-teens face every day based on their race.

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Watch These 12-Year-Olds Talk About Race More Candidly Than Most Adults Do (Original Post) BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 OP

I am sitting here with my heart in my throat Number23 Jan 2016 #1

These children are the future and BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #2

Number23

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1. I am sitting here with my heart in my throat

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Sun Jan 17, 2016, 08:03 PM

Jan 2016

These children give me hope although I did tear up when that gorgeous little black boy said that he is constantly worried that he is going to be attacked on the street by cops and beaten up for no reason.

The little white girl gives me hope too. She showed more awareness and understanding of white privilege than folks 3-4 times her age.

Thanks for posting this. If there are any more videos like this in the series, I'd love to see them.

BlueMTexpat

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2. These children are the future and

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Mon Jan 18, 2016, 07:48 AM

Jan 2016

if we cherish them all, not only our country but the world will be better off.

This was the first video of the series that I have ever seen. But here is the WNYC "Being 12" website and there are some VERY interesting videos listed there: http://www.wnyc.org/series/being-12/

Hope that will help!

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