ight from wrong. They do what their parents do and say. If a father tells his young child not to play with the black boy down the block because he says black people are bad then that child will believe his father. Children are fragile and extremely ignorant creatures. Children learn from their parents just like animals do in nature. For example, a baby bear is taught everything by its mother. It is taught how to hunt, where to seek shelter, how to defend itself, and how to act around other animals. If this baby bear is taught only to socialize with the brown bears and stay away from the black bears then that is what the baby bear is going to do. The same exact thing goes with humans. If parents teach their children to only socialize with white people then that is exactly what the child is going to do. Parents are the biggest influence in a child's life. Children look to their parents for support and guidance. Without the proper support and guidance, children are headed on a road to nowhere. Racism is not something that will just disappear. But it is possible to minimize it if we keep it under control. Yes we can still teach about unity and equality in our schools, but if we don't attack racism where it begins, then those school programs won't be of any value. Many children grow up in racist households. The problem of racism isn't a permanent problem. Racism is like a cancer, if it is caught early enough it could be treated but if it is caught too late it could be deadly. Therefore we must attack racism from its source, the household, before it is too late....
