Free online article with practical explanations and tips on prejudice-conscious education
Origin
2019
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Article “Everyone has prejudices”
Tools & Papers
Individuals, Kindergardens, Schools, Youth Work
Diversity, Education, Intercultural Competences, Youth
Every child has prejudices
Every adult and every child has prejudices. First of all prejudices offer us an important orientation. They enable us to reduce our complex reality and offer us orientation. The boundary to prejudice is crossed when “pre-judgments” are no longer regarded as provisional but are taken into consciousness as the sole reality in order to stabilize and legitimize our own image of the world and of ourselves.
The danger of prejudices
And this is where the real danger of prejudice arises. The negative evaluation of people and the devaluation of different social groups (e.g. people with dark skin color, migrants, people with experience of escape, homeless people, people with disabilities) can lead to exclusion, discrimination, mobbing or e.g. hate speech (hate speech) on the Internet.
Author
Alice Scridon
“As early as four years old, children are able to differentiate social categories and prefer their own social group. These attributions create an apparent normality in which the challenges and power relations of our society are reflected.”
Alice Scridon
Promote a respectful approach to diversity among your children!
Our prejudices have an impact on our behavior and social relationships – ian our daily interaction as well as in the online world. If children are to learn to treat diversity with respect, a sustainable approach to diversity is needed that parents can actively promote.