I know some racist children (/in their early teens).
It saddens, shocks, embarasses and frightens me - I'm trying to educate them but am not getting through to them. Their views are rooted in their fathers' ignorance but in some ways I think they are worse then he is!
However, I still have some faith in the power of books to change their horrible views. I'm looking for fiction mainly, perhaps some autobiographical books because I think they will be most effective in getting through to them without them realising.
I've noticed a lot of racist views about black people, middle-eastern, arabic, indian-asian people and also Islamaphobia.
[i might have imagined this, but I vaguely remember coming across a book from the perspective of a young Afghan refugee which talks of the struggles of war in his country and the struggles of dealing with the hostility received upon arriving in the UK. - would love to find this!]
If anyone knows of really powerful books to get through to these kids please let me know!!