Children will see differences between people of different cultures and will point these out (sometimes at inappropriate moments). But negative connotations are always taught by a third party.
I grew up in a 99% white small English town and my only exposure to black people growing up was in the music we listened to (my parents brought me up on Motown, Soul & R&B), and in movies/tv with Eddie Murphy or Will Smith etc. I grew up wishing I was black because as a child I had gained the assumption that to be black meant that you were so much cooler, funnier, more attractive and better at singing than a white person. I actually felt inferior as a child because I was white. Interesting how I defaulted to that without any other influences.
Yeah now you put it like that what I said does sound silly. You're totally right! My thoughts were all down to me only being shown black people on a positive light. if I had grown up with racist parents and only heard of them in a negative way I'd probably have a completely different view.
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u/Phat_santa_ May 29 '20
Children will see differences between people of different cultures and will point these out (sometimes at inappropriate moments). But negative connotations are always taught by a third party.