Hidden Brain

Please don't fool yourself into believing that saying nothing about race and gender, or raising your child so-called race blind and gender-neutral will keep your child, or yourself, from making assumptions based on race or gender. Science has proved that by saying nothing, we say that the status quo is correct. Three-year-olds are already able to make assumptions based on race, and gender assumptions start in the womb. If you don't talk about it, you foster it. So I propose this challenge. Think and talk about race and gender everyday. If you work with only white people, think about why that is. If you work with people of color, think about how you interact with those people and if your "hidden brain" may be making assumptions for you. If you work with women, do the same. If you don't work with women, quit.