Racial Ideology Development in Children: A Cause, Implication and Strategy Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.059How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Racial ideology; Children; Racial identity

Abstract

This paper examines whether children can materialize racial ideologies. The central idea in this discussion is on racial ideologies and the aim is to find out whether children can possess racial ideologies. There is particularly more focus on the ages when the children are likely to develop the racial ideologies and the first behavioral features that can be observed. Ideally, racial ideology is not a popular thing because of the natural perception that kids are not able to categorize people according to race. However, children as young as six months can notice racial differences and have the propensity to react to that difference. Children are not colorblind and they can observe the people around them and categorize them accordingly. Hence, racial ideologies in children can start from as early as six months and is shaped by both the environment and the people the child interacts with henceforth.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jianing Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - Racial Ideology Development in Children: A Cause, Implication and Strategy Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 316
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.059
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.059
ID  - Wang2022
ER  -