Group 14
Discussion:
Our group read the chapter Using Persona Dolls. The story was a case study of a classroom that used Kids Like Us dolls that represented some of the kids in the class. The story demonstrated the hidden bias that children have and created the opportunity to discuss those in a structured setting. While we were observing in other daycares we noticed that some of the classrooms tried to be inclusive by including pictures and dolls with differing races. We also read the chapter, Raising Issues of Race With Young Children. This chapter discussed specific ways that teachers could incorporate race into in the curriculum.
These chapters help us remove this presence of innocence and ignorance that whites have according to Bettez. Bettez said that the first step to fixing the problem and bias is admitting that there is a problem and bias, and that is what the teachers are trying to do with the Persona Dolls.
Questions:
What age is appropriate to begin talking about race and other controversial topics?
Social Justice in Education 
Group 14- What age of students do you think persona dolls are useful for?
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I feel like this is actually a good question. Children from the beginning are normally friends with everyone and see the good in everyone. I feel like age 5 is where children start to come in contact with the difference between the different races.I feel like this is a good age to to start speaking with them about race. I feel like for some cultures such as minorities bringing the issue of race up too soon can cause issues with self-esteem if you really go into detail about some of the issues they may face.
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