![]() ![]() Read: How to talk to kids about racism and police “I am asserting that indoctrination into whiteness and anti-Blackness is evident in your framing.”Ĭlearly we had deep disagreements over an issue families and educators all over America are grappling with: What exactly should we teach children about race, police killings, and the relationship between the two? I suggested to Higginbotham that we air our differences through an email exchange, and she agreed. “I am not saying this is indicative of your character or beliefs in any way-you clearly believe and affirm that Black lives matter,” she declared to me in an email. ![]() Higginbotham, to put it mildly, disagreed with my criticism. ![]() At times, I thought that it crossed the line from education into indoctrination. Not My Idea begins with a white child seeing footage of a police officer murdering a Black man on television and the child’s mother trying to shield her from the images. (Readers curious about the book’s content can consult the actor John Jimerson’s reading on YouTube.) In a recent article, I questioned whether her book Not My Idea-which is now being used in public-school curricula for young children-was appropriate for kindergartners. A nastasia Higginbotham is the author of Ordinary Terrible Things, a widely praised children’s-book series that aims to address difficult subjects head on. ![]()
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