How Do YOU Make a Difference?

I shared this video clip on From Fingerprints To Masterpieces Facebook page, https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2123388167676641&id=100000164364105
where a mother takes her child to a playground.
The rejection they face and harassment they receive from children, as well as the lack of adults who even offer aid is appalling to me.

So I posted it asking: How do you teach those you impact, that this is not right and demonstrate the appropriate way to handle the situation?

Far too many posted that it was awful, disgraceful and sad.
A few commented on the mother's resilience to protect her child, model positive behaviors and provide him fun at the playground.

I was very disappointed by the responses, I had hoped instead of pointing out the obvious, (oppression and racism are horrendous), that people would share the hard work. How to impact those around us. It is the hard work that makes a difference.

First of all racism and oppression are NOT going to go away with out the hard work. Stand and shout all you want about the world's injustices, but other than rallying others to be loud and vocal you are not going to change the world you live in.
Put in the hard work, you will see progress. Slow and steady but much more than shouting out the obvious.
You must TEACH and MODEL the ways you want the world to be. You must live the way you feel others to live.
YOU must make the impact, do the hard work and face the anger of those who are angered when you point out where they are wrong.
You must do it from a kind heart, a positive perspective and a right motive.

Yelling, debating on social media and protesting draw attention to the situation. They DO NOT show others how to make a difference. So again I ask:

How do you teach those you impact that this is not right, and demonstrate the appropriate way to handle the situation?

For me the response would be, I step in and say something to the person or people involved. Usually kids, but I have confronted adults also.

I have walked up to kids on a playground while out on my daily walk, and said, "That is not ok. Your words or actions are hurtful. If you have a problem walk away."

With kids in my class I have turned it into an indepth learning journey and I have included parents in this learning. We look at all the areas we are the same and all the areas we are different, often not focused on race or culture until we have examined the general. (Colors we like or dislike, foods we like or dislike, things our families do, places we live, abilities we have like standing on one foot, hopping and skipping and those who can not do those things).

Then as we realize we have many varieties of things we share and how many we are diverse in, then I move to the ones that are harder like race, cultures and gender neutrality.

I truly believe these are more difficult because adults that each child respects, have strong oppions and feelings about these things and children get confused by whom they should please and what they may be told about these issues.

My parents taught me I don't have to like everyone or everything, but I must be respectful and kind.

Our world has forgotten that respect is earned, not demanded and kindness can even be offered to an enemy.

Evil is all around us. You can promote it by fighting it with hate and anger under the lie to yourself you are making a difference or you can stop it by being the quiet difference. Showing others the way.

PLEASE, do the hard work for those whose lives you impact.