More than a few people have thought that racism might eventually die out in our country. But new racists are made all the time.
Jennifer Harvey says we could bring up future generations of non-racist white children if we wanted to. But she says both current paradigms, color blindness and diversity training, are failures.
Harvey, a professor of religion and ethics at Drake University and a minister, proposes a new methhod of discussing race, especially for parents of white kids. She calls it Race-Conscious Parenting. It's laid out in her book . The author joins us to talk about her work.