<p>Northstarmom, I’m not really surprised about the outcomes of this research. I have been in quite a few conversations where people claimed that children had to be taught to “see” race, and that they would not discriminate otherwise. This never seemed to square with my recollections from my childhood–I observed that elementary school children (in my region, anyway) tended to discriminate in connection with any difference whatever, down to the different thicknesses of socks! (Really!) I think that we have to actively teach nondiscrimination.</p>