politicalsexkitten:

My 10 year old sister:

-Understands mental illness isn’t the person’s fault and that they’re not in control of how they think or act

-Thinks that guns are bad and more people shouldn’t have them because “kids are bringing them in school”

-Supports same-sex marriage because “if two people love each other then why does it matter if it’s two guys and two girls?”

-Saw Laverne Cox in Orange is the New Black and first thought being transgender was weird, but later understood that “if she was a boy and felt like a girl, she’d want to be in a girl body”

-Watched the “Like a Girl” campaign and started crying cause boys kept insulting her saying she plays like a girl, then after seeing it saw it as a good thing cause she shouldn’t be ashamed to play like a girl cause she plays well

-Knows that shit like Avril Lavigne’s Hello Kitty video is racist and so was Katy Perry doing yellowface in a kimono

Like this kid is 10 years old. She is aware of what’s going on around her. I had no influence on her other than explaining questions and complex issues and simplifying them the best I could, encourage her to think critically and ask more questions, and she still knows wrong from right.

Bigotry is learned. Bigotry is taught early on. So don’t fucking tell me that little kids are too young to learn about racism or feminism or that we’re instilling bad ideas into their head. The moment they’re born they’re already bombarded with stereotypes and gender roles.

So seriously, fuck those who *protect* children from social issues but feed them micro aggressions that they pick up on and later develop themselves.