Contribution to Diversity
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Re: Contribution to Diversity
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obviously at this tender age, children pay no attention to such ethnic differences. However, it's an underlying message to eradicate biasness based on ethnicity.CambaReviewer wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018, 17:20 To be honest, this social inclusion message may be obvious to adults, but for children between the ages of 3 to 6, who I think are the target audience in this book, they will hardly notice. Usually at their age, unless someone has taken great pains to teach them discrimination based on race or gender, most children will just be children and will naturally interact freely and play with each other. It is a useful message though. I did not even think about it when I read the book.
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Children are just children, free from pride and prejudice. So I think this message is more for adults who pour ethnic differences in the minds of young ones.ereason wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018, 05:22 I noticed that Toni had all sorts of friends, boys, girls, diverse cultures, and also that it wasn't just Mum=chores, friends=fun. I don't think very young children will be conscious of the message, but it will (subtly, as you say) show them that friends don't have to be identical. It turns it into a non-issue before they're old to realise that once upon a time it may have been an issue.
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This book holds good lessons for adults too. Especially when we talk about ethnic differences. This teaches us good lesson to built a strong bind between the children of different ethnicity and races.
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Of course, when people belonging to different cultures are united together , it adds to cultural diversity. People learn from different cultures so do the children.CheyenneCollins wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 16:31 It helps the race factor that a lot of people look into nowadays. It gives a touch of diversity & expands growth of heroic aspects.
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I agree with this. There might be benefit for the adults to highlight the lesson on inclusion to the child reader; however, children typically start out as non-discriminatory.CambaReviewer wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018, 17:20 To be honest, this social inclusion message may be obvious to adults, but for children between the ages of 3 to 6, who I think are the target audience in this book, they will hardly notice. Usually at their age, unless someone has taken great pains to teach them discrimination based on race or gender, most children will just be children and will naturally interact freely and play with each other. It is a useful message though. I did not even think about it when I read the book.
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It is so heartwarming to think about children not seeing issues with race and viewing Toni's friends as friends rather than labeled. Because of my educational background, I almost automatically theorize about what themes are present in a text. That being said, I study children's/adolescent/YA literature not with the view of how to teach it to the target audience but instead I look at it the same way I would Shelley or the Brontes. The subtle messages play an important role in analysis and interpretation, and I love how they are used in books targeted to younger readers.kfwilson6 wrote: ↑09 Jul 2018, 12:01I absolutely agree with you. I didn't even think about Toni or the other children's ethnicities/nationalities/races until these forum discussions began. I just saw a group of kids and the two women I assumed to be mom and sister. I think children will see this in the same light.CambaReviewer wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018, 17:20 To be honest, this social inclusion message may be obvious to adults, but for children between the ages of 3 to 6, who I think are the target audience in this book, they will hardly notice. Usually at their age, unless someone has taken great pains to teach them discrimination based on race or gender, most children will just be children and will naturally interact freely and play with each other. It is a useful message though. I did not even think about it when I read the book.
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Children have no prejudices. Even maybe they will not notice this racial discrimination. It's a responsibility of parents to teach children racial tolerance. And through this book parents can perform this task easily.julessawyer wrote: ↑09 Jul 2018, 11:20 I think kids rarely see color but racism like all prejudices is learned. It will be good to teach kids at a young age about not fearing the "others" that don't look like him/herself.
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Books are a fantastic way of teaching kids to develop empathy. It's the closest thing we have to living another person's life and experiencing what they've gone through. I'm very glad this book does such a good job of showing diversity.Sarah Tariq wrote: ↑25 Jul 2018, 10:11Children have no prejudices. Even maybe they will not notice this racial discrimination. It's a responsibility of parents to teach children racial tolerance. And through this book parents can perform this task easily.julessawyer wrote: ↑09 Jul 2018, 11:20 I think kids rarely see color but racism like all prejudices is learned. It will be good to teach kids at a young age about not fearing the "others" that don't look like him/herself.
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This is exactly what I thought! I think the book is great in this aspect and I wish that more children books would do the same. I have great hopes for the next book in the seriesereason wrote: ↑08 Jul 2018, 05:22 I noticed that Toni had all sorts of friends, boys, girls, diverse cultures, and also that it wasn't just Mum=chores, friends=fun. I don't think very young children will be conscious of the message, but it will (subtly, as you say) show them that friends don't have to be identical. It turns it into a non-issue before they're old to realise that once upon a time it may have been an issue.