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Raising Children Without Bias
How to Unlearn Racism So You Don't Limit Your Children's Potential
By Deb Capone
If you hear a racist joke, ask the jokester to "cease and desist." If a high-profile person crosses the line, then write a letter or make a phone call. Make a commitment to examine your own "isms" and stop them for your children's sake if not your own.
Admit that you can be wrong about people and live the possibility that you can make the world more tolerant, more accepting and more respectful. Give your children a major key to success – the focus on humankind and not just "our own kind."
No one is born with racism. It is a learned set of beliefs and values, which believe it or not can be unlearned. It is up to all of us to make sure that our children don't become a poster child for racism when they inherit the world.
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Deb Capone is the president and CEO of 
