Why are Five-Year-Olds Discussing Skin Color?

The building blocks of racism

Toya Qualls-Barnette
Cultured
Published in
5 min readMar 12, 2022

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Five-year-old Black child sitting in a chair appearing as if in discussion.
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The Black hair salon is a treasure trove of stories from a Black woman’s perspective — it’s always been a place where we can let our hair down figuratively — literally, without judgement from the outside world.

The women come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, so their tales run the gamut in theme: family…

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