Mother Of Hate Reflection

Reflect on this video and create a teachable moment for a child who has parents with racist beliefs.

My reflection on Mothers of Hate is full of complex emotions. The first emotion I felt was sick to my stomach because these women are mothers that are indoctrinating their children to hate people that are different then themselves. Also, how willing the mother was to discard her child if hypnotically, the child married someone different from their race. Another emotion I feel is sad because these women are caught in a racial bias and intolerant community where these ideas are shaped not by them, but the fathers and the husbands of the community. They think they have empowerment, but really they are just apart of the helpless flock being led blind off the cliff of

Jane comes to me very upset and crying and repeats what John has called her. I walk over to John and ask him if I can have a word with him. I gently ask him did her say something not nice to Jane? He say’s yes and repeats what he said. I asked John where he learned such a word from? He informed me that he learned it from his parents, at home. I politely informed John that the word he used isn’t okay, and cannot be used in school or outside of school because it’s a mean word and hurts our friends.

I would take John over to Jane and encourage him to apologize to Jane for the mean word he said, and ask him to create an “I’m sorry card”. At this point I would bring out the family book, and we would go though the book and point out the differences of our family. I would teach the children that we all look different on the outside, but in the insides we are the same. Our hearts look the same and so does our brains.

After the positive outcome was established, I would later that day inform my director about the situation and take the appropriate measures to inform the parents of the