The first conversation starts with my skin

Children grow up observing various social phenomena from an early age.
We notice and wonder about noticeable differences, such as skin color.
They are curious about themselves and others, and they approach people without hesitation or ask questions.
We also follow other people's discriminatory actions or words without question.
Children who haven't yet had sufficient conversations about this topic may accept the widespread discrimination and prejudice in the world as normal. You can talk to your children about race and discrimination without using difficult terminology or complex historical narratives.
"We Are All Different" begins with the color of our skin.

We all have skin.
Skin color varies from person to person.
It can be slightly different or it can be very different.
Pale brown like milk chocolate, deep pink like peach, pale yellow like vanilla ice cream… … .
Observe your skin.
What color would you describe my skin? What other skin colors are there in the world? Skin color depends on the amount of melanin pigment in our bodies.
If you have a lot of melanin, your skin color is dark, and if you have little melanin, your skin color is light.

"We're All Different" clearly conveys scientific and historical facts about skin color and race in short, simple sentences at a child's level.
It teaches us to accept each other as we are, without prejudice or stereotypes.
We've included a separate "Parent's Guide" in the book to help adult caregivers have their first conversations about race with their children.
Through accurate conversations about skin color and race, children can understand the world more accurately, distinguish between right and wrong, and form their own opinions.
This book will be a good guide for our children as they grow up to be global citizens.

We are all different and we respect each other.

Can you tell what kind of person someone is just by looking at their skin color? You can never tell what food they like best, what books they enjoy reading, what they're good at, or where they were born just by looking at their skin color.
Yet, there were those who judged people solely on their appearance, and who argued that those with the same skin color as themselves were superior and deserved more rights.

This kind of argument is called 'racism'.
This is 'racial discrimination', which unfairly discriminates against people based on wrong ideas.
People have been discriminating against people for a long time.
The idea that princes and princesses in animated films must be white or light-skinned is also a stereotype born from racism.
That's why there weren't many stories with protagonists of different skin colors.

But the world is changing because there are people who stand up against racism, speak out, and challenge unfair stereotypes.
We are all acknowledging that we are different and the attitude of respecting one another is spreading widely.
Please guide our children through "We Are All Different" so that they can respect themselves and others as global citizens and confidently speak out against unfair discrimination.

The beginning of human rights education is to see others as they are.

This book tells us that everyone is ordinary because everyone is special.

Let's read this book together, share stories, and change the world.

Until racism truly becomes a thing of the past.
- Oh Chan-ho (PhD in Sociology)

Curriculum linkage
3rd year, 1st semester, Ethics 1.
Me and you, we together
4th grade, 2nd semester, Ethics 6.
A rainbow world we dream of together