This isn’t an abstract fear.
This is a two-part question—one part probably weirdly specific and one more general. First, the background: We’re a white family in a mostly white area trying to raise our girls while working full time. Most of the families around us have decided COVID is too big of an inconvenience, and if they ignore it, it will just go away. Between that and the exorbitant costs of day care , we’ve decided to hire a nanny.
I haven’t figured out how to talk to her about this in a way that a 4-year-old can grasp without going into the realm of “color blindness.” Any tips? Anything I can say to the nanny when she inevitably says something weird, awkward, or hurtful? And the more general question: We make a point to be actively anti-racist. We found a diverse preschool for our 4-year-old . We make sure to read and watch things with a diverse cast of characters. We discuss racism with our kids .
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