Hardiman White Racial Identity Development Model

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To being I want to state that I am applying the Hardiman White Racial Identity development model. The model starts with the naiveté stage, where the child is born unaware of racism and how highly race impacts our society. Throughout the child’s upbringing he or she is taught the difference between white and black. As the model states the child will grow and beginning to notice the difference in skin and draw attention. In reality the child just does not understand because the thought of white and black together or in the same environment is a violation of social norm due to history in prejustice. The child will grow up with those same characteristics as their parents/relatives due to their racial or cultural identity. An example of this would

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