So generation 3.0 is in the running and talk surrounding it has brought up the theory of transmission - racism being passed on from parent to child. This is a well known phenomenon. Parents teach their kids about life and at a vital time in their development. This gives them a lot of power because they are so influential and they often pass on their own views onto their children.
This can be a lovely way to carry on traditions and memorabilia, however it can also be a destructive force. If a parent sees the world negatively then they can tarnish the way that their child sees the world. Right from the word go if a parent uses racist comments when in the presence of their child, the child is instantly being set back in the fight against racism.
I do firmly believe that we are all the makers of our own being but there is a stage before this in which we as children learn and do as our parents do. And so for children who have racist parents they have to actively question what their parents say in order to become free from prejudice. I don’t put racism all down to what your parents teach you, I know there are many other reasons for its existence but it is still important that a parent is careful in what they say. It's likely to end in disaster and end up reproducing racism, which holds you back as well as hurting others.
