The reaction that I have had to my own work on racism and young children to date (see, for
instance, Connolly, 1995, 1997) has not been too dissimilar to that which Laing (1978) …

This paper is concerned with the methodology underlying attempts to understand the nature
and impact of racism among young children. In drawing upon data gathered from a year …

This paper is organised around three possible meanings that can be given to the question
'Too small to notice?'in relation to racism and anti‐racism in the early years of schooling (up …

Originally published in 1992. Both teachers and the general public have traditionally been
unwilling to acknowledge that concepts of 'race'might play a part in the lives of primary …

This article examines two vignettes taken from a research project designed to give voice to
children's understandings of equity and social diversity in order to raise questions about how …

A content analysis of interviews with an ethnically diverse group of 202 children aged 6 to 10
describes what children think racism is, and examines associations between age, ethnicity …

Speaking openly about their ideas on race, these nine and ten year-olds show they have
internalised the prevailing western mindset-whatever their own ethnicity. And this mindset is …

Since the mid‐1980s many schools in predominantly white areas have taken active steps to
counter racism and ethnocentrism and raise awareness of Britain's ethnic diversity through …

This paper critically examines the discursive (mis) representation of 'race'and racism in the
formal curriculum. Combining qualitative data derived from interviews with 35 young people …

Despite calls for the integration of multicultural history into social studies, teachers often are
loath to talk with students about race or include discussions of race in history. Teachers often …