Moving Forward in My Anti-Bias Journey

Social inequities and biases undermine healthy development in all children in one way or the other. Some children are affected deeply by the social messages that attack their racial or cultural identity. Some children may develop feelings of superiority by the biases that support their identity. Children of wealthy families may imbibe messages that material accumulation defines their worth and children of poor families may feel less valued and unworthy. Children of different abilities may be looked down upon by their able peers and feel subordinated by them. Equity and social justice alone can provide freedom for everyone.

Working in the early childhood field, in a multicultural environment, my hope is that all children and families have equal opportunities, have the right to be fully human, without being held back.

My goal is to integrate anti-bias approach into every aspect of the early childhood program, focusing on the similarities and differences that are relevant to the lives of the families and children in my program.  

Keeping on in our anti-bias journey, providing children strong, culturally appropriate program content, equity of access and quality and keeping faith in the possibility of positive change in ourselves, in others and in the programs, can alone make positive change in our world of differences, where all children everywhere will be able to grow up as competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit, secure in their sense of belonging and in the knowledge that they are a valued. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my colleagues who has helped me in this developmental journey, without whom this anti-bias learning would have been difficult. Thank you once again for your support. I wish you all the best as you continue to endeavor in your anti-bias journey. My hope is that we would be able to live out our lives as the following acronym depicts to make this world a better place to live in.