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Skip to main contentThe more I learn about unconscious bias’ and the fact that they are formed from early childhood, the more I realise how important it is to be a diverse and inclusive role model for my children. I know we look to our organisations to promote strong gender, BAME, disability and LGBT role models but if we really want to influence generations of the future, we need to look closer to home.
It saddened me to read the recent article about Samara, a three-year old Frozen fan, who was told by another young girl that she couldn’t be Queen Elsa as she was “black and black is ugly”. This girl’s mother said nothing. If we can’t be good role models for inclusion and teach our children that difference is good and something to be recognised, valued and utilised – then we may as well stop our efforts on D&I right now – as our children (our future caregivers, teachers, CEOs, engineers etc) will continue to the think that sameness = good.
So I’ve been thinking about what I can do to be an inclusive role model at home? And yes, that will mean making a bit more of an effort. Where I live, we have majority white, middle class families. In my daughter’s school there is only one male teacher (the IT teacher at that) and in my younger daughter’s pre-school there are only female caregivers. Now I’m not saying I change society as a whole, but as an inclusive role model I can take a few steps to balance things out a bit closer to home.
I’m sure there could be more, but I figure this is a good starter for ten anyway. If you have any more suggestions I’d love to hear them.
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