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We stand with the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

These past few days, the killing of George Floyd has opened a raw wound, one among many, caused by police brutality and a system built on racism. The HOPE National Resource Center seeks to create a world in which every child has the chance to live a long, healthy life. The Four Building Blocks of HOPE<\/a> promote positive, nurturing relationships; safe, stable, and equitable environments; opportunities for social and civic engagement; and opportunities to develop social and emotional competencies. Racism at all levels\u2014interpersonal, internalized, structural, and institutional\u2014have been laid bare during the pandemic and in the perpetual police killings of Black Americans. These latest instances of violence have demonstrated, yet again, that some children are thought to be more deserving of positive childhood experiences<\/a> (PCEs). The HOPE National Resource Center believes all families, children, and communities deserve PCEs, free from discrimination and harm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

We stand with the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and so many more. Sadly, this is nothing new. Many Southern police departments began as slave patrols. Anti-Black racism is baked into these institutions, into our history, laws, and behaviors. This country and its economy was built on the exploitation and forced labor of African American people. The effects are still felt today: in the loss of Black life which often goes unpunished, in the systematic disenfranchisement of communities of color, in the overt and pernicious discrimination in housing, employment, healthcare, and going about their daily lives. This systematic racial discrimination leads to significant health disparities between Blacks and Whites<\/a>: Black children have a 500% higher death rate from asthma compared with White children, and Black adults have higher rates of diabetes, hypertensions, and heart disease than other racial groups, due to a \u201cconfluence of societal racism, poverty and other factors.\u201d As stated in the op-ed<\/a> which presents this data, \u201cWhen it comes to good health, our ZIP code\u201d\u2014and racial discrimination\u2014\u201ccan be more important than our genetic code.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Creating PCEs for all children, ensuring the strength of all families and communities, and promoting good health for all adults necessarily requires personal and institutional accountability, standards of relational-based practices, and a sense of urgency, to understand the root causes of and dismantle all forms of racism. All children cannot have equal access to Building Blocks under a system which discriminates and kills based on skin tone. While the HOPE National Resource team alone cannot accomplish this needed systemic change, we will constantly call out racism, whether it be external or internalized, and seek to never pathologize the results of oppression. Together, we can advocate for local, state, and national policies which serve all families and communities. Our recent blog<\/a>, co-posted on the Center for the Study of Social Policy<\/a> website, noted that systemic change requires a change in mindset. We join together in \u201cstrengths-based, family-centered, and anti-racist efforts [that] aspire to transform pediatric care, early childhood systems, and social norms.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

How do we talk with our children about injustice? Corey Best, a member of our National Advisory Board, said in an interview with HOPE<\/a>, \u201cAll of us are bombarded with our own level of biases. To live with a deep understanding of what your biases are is also to prevent discrimination.\u201d In the same interview, he states that no child is too young for these conversations. Danielle Laraque-Arena, in her blog interview<\/a>, commented, \u201cResilience doesn\u2019t mean you don\u2019t need support. We must understand the traumas we go through, and then ask, how do we support each other?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

An article from the American Academy of Pediatrics\u2019<\/a> healthychildren.org describes the effects of racism on children and provides a road map for parents in addressing this issue. A baby\u2019s brain notices race-based differences at 6 months; children internalize racial bias by ages 2-4; children are set in their beliefs by age 12, \u201cgiving parents a decade to mold the learning brain, so that it decreases racial bias and improves cultural understanding.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Of course, dismantling individual biases is only part of the picture. To truly ensure PCEs for all children, we must also consider ways our organizations and communities can improve, and then hold each other accountable. Working together, we can have difficult conversations, educate each other, and help transform our institutions and systems, to name the problem and become explicitly anti-racist. Together, we can work to secure all children’s access to positive relationships, safe and equitable environments, and long, healthy lives.<\/p>\r\n

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