"Teaching Tolerance"

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This paper discusses the issue of intolerance among children. Through an overview of the book, "Teaching Tolerance" by Sara Bullard, the paper examines the importance of educating young children towards tolerance of others. The paper contends that teaching tolerance is not about paying lip service through politically correct language, which can all but gloss over deeply-rooted biases. Rather, the paper claims that tolerance should be taught by embodying acceptance and respect and continually teaching those values to children.

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"According to Sara Bullard, author of Teaching Tolerance, prejudice begins in early childhood. Her book, subtitled "Raising Open-Minded, Empathetic Children," illustrates the prevalence of prejudice in the United States and shows how intolerance can be inherited through environmental factors. A significant portion of the book is also about how to combat, eliminate, and prevent intolerance. Children inherit their beliefs from parents, peers, teachers, and other external influences. Intolerance can therefore be partly inherited through the generations. "Our habits of thinking, our emotional reactions, and our feelings about ourselves have been an integral part of our personalities for many years," (74). Overcoming intolerance involves a systematic program of self-inquiry, journal writing, and reaching out to other people."

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