Children learn from adults and if they learn that wanton disregard for the rule of law and that not being empathetic toward others are acceptable behaviors, we have failed.
segregation
Birmingham, AL (1963) – Children at play?
The children in Birmingham AL peacefully protested segregation, segregation with its inherent unequal education and unequal economic opportunity, and were greeted with violence.
Racial inequity – It cannot be whitewashed
Racism is a problem for all but particularly children. Those affected are raised in an environment that has lifetime effects and usually multiple effects across generations. The easy thing to do is to sit back and just hope that society does better. But those that care for children are not allowed that “luxury.” They must engage to make a difference.
Parallels between civil rights legal struggles and 2020 election denials
It is quite plain to me that the early segregationists and their perversion of the rule of law are eerily similar to the attempt by some prominent politicians to subvert the rule of law with the attack on the Capitol and the continued attack on our laws and the Constitution.