Children: Dealing with Prejudice and Bigotry

Sadly, nearly four decades after the civil rights movement of the 1960s, our children are growing up in a society in which prejudice and bigotry are still commonplace. Although laws have been implemented and many attitudes have changed, bigotry based on racial, ethnic, and religious grounds remains too much a part of the daily lives of children and families. Our children are growing up in a time when the racial and ethnic composition of our country is rapidly changing.