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Robin Bernstein '91 | Let Black Kids Just Be Kids

August 1, 2017

Robin Bernstein '91, a cultural historian at Harvard, has written a piece for The New York Times that looks at racism and the idea of childhood innocence.

"As long as white children are constructed as innocent, we must continue to demand that children of color are as well. Because the idea of childhood innocence carries so much political force, we can’t allow it to be a whites-only club."

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