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Asian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in children

  • Written by Minjeong Kim, Associate professor, UMass Lowell
Asian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in childrenA teacher tells a story to a group of students.Getty Images

In a Cambodian children’s folktale, one man is afraid of lawyers and another is afraid of filth. As the story goes, both are constantly bombarded by their fears despite their efforts to avoid them.

The moral of the tale is revealing and contains a powerful anti-racism message: What...

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