According to a study performed by the Houston School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Dallas, children whose parents denied experiences of racism also reported higher rates of behavior problems among pre-school aged children. On the other side, those parents who dealt with racial incidents or confronted the individual involved reported lower rates of anxiety and depression. The objective of the study was to examine “the relationship between parents’ experiences of racism and children’s well-being and the influence of the residential neighborhood characteristics on this relationship.”
TheStateOf . . . the well being of the parents who denied racism is not good. It may be that since they are not capable of dealing with racism they are also not capable of dealing with their troubled child. These parents have to open their eyes not just to the world around them but also to their own personal life..
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